On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 16:30, jimrobertson via Groups.Io <jimrobertson=[email protected]> wrote:
That¡¯s true as well, but the only way to prevent that would be to prevent any evolution at all.
And, of course, although Apple seems to have its ethical ¡°heart¡± in the right place (at least for my place on the political spectrum), we all need to realize that the prime reason the company has done as well as it has is that it has found several ways to make lots of money for its shareholders.
My life as a 72 year old would be much more comfortable now had I, back in 1984, realized the true potential of that little box Steve Jobs pulled out of a bag that morning a few weeks after the Super Bowl. I¡¯ve invested heavily in the company over the last 35 years, but only in the last few years as a stockholder¡ªalways before as a CUSTOMER (in other words, very aware of the personal costs of the product cycle).
Oh, to have bought ?/$1k worth of shares in 1997-8!
