First of all, I am not a "salesperson" for Apple . . . or any other company. I keep the Apple Ping list of over 750 of your fellow Freepers on Freerepublic and also the truth means something to me. Not the propaganda and lies pushed by some people on here.
Apple sales on certain products are down along with the rest of the smartphone market. It is not just Apple, but all smartphones. Apple's iPhones are down this quarter in anticipation of tomorrow's release of the new iPhone 7.
The Apple Watch 1 is essentially sold out in anticipation of the introduction of the Apple Watch 2 tomorrow. Apple sold something close to 15 million last year at an average sales price of around $450 each, counting the stainless steel versions. If you are thinking the Apple Watch is a flop, that converts into a business that has a revenue of $6.75 Billion, which would make it number 381 on the Fortune 500 list all by itself. It is NOT a flop by anyone's definition.
As for Apple being a "leftisty" organization. Check your history of political donations. You'll find that Apple hasn't. It did not even have a lobbying presence in Washington, D.C. until just about three years ago. Apple kept out of politics for the most part. Perhaps some of its officers were leftist leaning, but Apple as a corporation was agnostic. Steve Jobs stated on political involvement:
"Some people have said that I shouldn't get involved politically because probably half our customers are Republicans – maybe a little less, maybe more Dell than ours. But I do point out that there are more Democrats than Mac users — so I’m going to just stay away from all that political stuff because that was just a personal thing."
Tim Cook is not as wise as Steve Jobs. . . but what he does is personal, not Apple. Yes, some of Apple's company policies are liberal, but they don't make political donations. Over the years, Microsoft has given FAR more to even LBGT causes than has Apple and for a longer time period. Yes, Apple is embracing the green agenda, but only as much as is profitable for the company. Apple makes its products recyclable, and its installations energy independent, but that's good marketing and they SELL power back onto the grid, lots of it, megawatts and megawatts of it.
Sure you are. You admitted being an Apple investor. No? And in fact an investor that posts tons of Apple threads would likely be motivated by profit. Like your typical salesperson for example. Or am I supposed to believe you're doing this to fight for truth and justice? ☺
Come on.