Not one of my takes on those articles is false, bolobaby. I stand by them. . . and they were proved out in subsequent days. The only one in which my take turned out wrong was the one on Russian Siri . . . and i am still not convinced about that one. I have not seen proof from Russia or independent corroboration beyond the original video on YouTube. . . only reports that all seem to be coming from the same group. . . who are also it seems the source of the "quotes" attributed to Apple on Apple "fixing" a bug.
On your first example from the eBay article, I explained my position and it was backed up by other Freepers who found the same thing and even expanded on it. Nothing there.
Second article is exactly as I described it. Kaspersky "found" a vulnerability that Apple had patched. There is no other way to describe it. They have done this before. . . reported vulnerabilities that they claim to have FOUND after it is patched by the company involved, and implying they discovered it. I find it amusing and misleading. YOUR reading into my post that I implied that Apple did not "make a mistake originally" was neither in my statement nor need it have been. It is obvious that Apple had to patch the Kernel of OS X. YOU are the one needing to BASH Apple for making a mistake. I have never claimed Apple is perfect. Only you Apple bashers have ever claimed I have.
Third article. . . my take was also an exact description of the source article. IT WAS a single source screed slamming Apple without support or evidence. . . using innuendo and slurs. YOU are the one who apparently believes every word of it with your "PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN" as if he is really there. . . yet again, no one came forward to corroborate this yahoo's claims. . . whose duties did not hold water with the position he claims to have held. I again stand on my analysis.
Next article on the "TouchID not working after update to iOS 8.3". Have you heard of ANY MORE COMPLAINTS????? Neither have I. Again, my analysis was right on the money, not yours. My experience with these articles trumps your desire that I should post these and be breathless with panic and claim that there is a huge serious problem. . . when my experience with these reports over TEN YEARS of posting these threads is that there simply is nothing to worry about. I said so.
Innovation Drought. . . yeah. . . one of the Apple Hate Brigade hit the abuse on my Ping to the list. . . why? I have no idea. But the guy demonstrated in his article he did not have even a basic grasp of Apple history, making egregious errors of dates, numbers, and even product names. It was amazing for a so-called Lecturer in business. . . but his so called expertise was that he had taken a company that already existed (and claimed he had founded it) from $4 million to $1.5 billion in 10 years. . . with a SINGLE product by merely acquiring other companies. He seemed to think that gave him some gravitas to tell Apple what they were doing wrong in innovation, when he had never innovated anything in his business career. . . and the commentary on his article from knowledgeable people called him on the same thing. I AM an economist and also an ex-CEO and am qualified to slap his poorly researched position down. . . which I did.
Apple's tax in Europe. . . I did not twist anything. Apple was cleared of wrong doing in Italy. They cooperated with the Italian authorities. Apple also issued a statement showing they had not changed their tax policies from their 2007-2009 policies. So there is nothing laughable about it. They were put under a forensic accountant microscope and passed. YOU are spinning. . . implying that the Italian authorities somehow missed something or were somehow bamboozled by Apple's 2007-2009 statement. Good Grief, you will grasp at straws to smear me. I have followed this case since it's inception. I know what i am talking about. YOU obviously DON'T.
Next article: Clickbait dividends. How else can you characterize this article. . . no one else every supported this bozo's thesis. Apple is under no obligation to issue dividends at all. . . and under Steve Jobs did not. The facts are that Apple has returned more capital to stock holders in the form of dividends and stock buy backs (more than $225 billion in the last three years) than any company in history. This bozo is complaining because they have not done more? Other analysts came to the same conclusion I did. . . clickbait FUD. . . not worth the time to respond.
Then you attack my comment on Apple removing anti-virus from the iOS store. And use what you call an exploit you obviously do not understand at all as an example of "fake Apps sneaking on to iOS" as an example of iOS not being safe. No, bolobaby, that was not what happened. It was that they used a FEATURE of iOS to sneak fake apps on by convincing Chinese users to sign-up with FAKE APP STORES using the iOS BUSINESS feature that allows a business to download custom apps for their employees onto iPhones. It requires the user to ACTIVELY turn on that feature. No anti-virus could stop that. It was neither unknown, nor malware. . . just some unscrupulous Chinese retailers convincing customers to buy grey market iPhones they had turned that feature on that hooked up to their app stores. SHEESH! There is NO malware in the wild for iOS phones, iPads, ZIP, None.
This is what I mean by you spreading FUD when you post. You don't know the facts around what you post. . . but you post anyway.
And finally you attack me for posting correct data that rebutted another Freepers claim that Apple ALWAYS lost the white hat contests. . . since lately that simply is not true. I posted the accurate facts and YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT???? Wow!
I post the FACTS and link to them. I post my opinion, but you don't want me to have an opinion because it differs from your distorted hate opinion. That seems to be a fact too. Well, too bad. I stand by my facts, my knowledge which i have gained through experience and study, and my opinions gained also from experience and study. Yours seem to come from myth and spreaders of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. Most of the time, easily rebutted.
The members of the Ping list seem to appreciate my considered opinion on these threads. I get it that you don't. Great. Have a nice weekend.
“The members of the Ping list seem to appreciate my considered opinion on these threads.”
Could you add me to this Ping list please? You know what you’re talking about.
And there you have it.
I’m not expecting any self-awareness at this point, but here’s the simple breakdown:
1. In an effort to determine if you have any objectivity remaining in you regarding Apple, I ask the simple question, “Has Apple ever done anything wrong? Ever?”
2. You reply that you post negative articles on Apple all the time.
3. I categorically demonstrate through your own posts (last 10) that the only reason you post “negative” articles is to refute them and try and show Apple *hasn’t* done anything wrong.
4. Your response is to double down, even when you are demonstrably incorrect. (Example: The Italian tax issue. Apple has been cleared of nothing. They may be in the future, but - while the investigation has been completed - the decision to take them to trial or not has not been made. This is a fine example of how far gone you are: you take *Apple’s* statement regarding the matter as the conclusion. Apple said they have complied, therefore, they have complied. It remains to be seen if there will be a trial. Even if authorities decide NOT to bring it to trial, you can’t later claim you were right. It’s an example of you losing all objectivity and latching on to the corporate line without any consideration to the actual fact that the case is still open. http://investcorrectly.com/20150324/italy-finishes-apple-inc-aapl-investigation/)
This has nothing to do with my opinion of Apple or anyone else’s, so don’t bother to bring that up. This is not about FUD. This is about your complete mental inability to see fault in Apple under any circumstances. I know this won’t register with you because I think you are too far gone, but Apple has clearly become your sinless corporate god.