Bart Yee on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'I have, in the past, seen, and read Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Sports, and New York Post. After sampling them for a few months, they were not interesting, unbiased, science or fact based or even reasonably well written, at least in comparison to other news outlets both domestic and abroad that I also read. Since I was getting these article previews showing up in my feed, I chose the “see less” or “uninterested” options for awhile, and when they still kept coming, I simply chose, as is my right, to block them. I also blocked Planet F1 after a while because the written tedious sensationalism of F1 team internal and inter team dynamics was ultimately not much more than tabloid stuff, maybe gripping for some, but not for me. I also have no interest in stuff pushed to me from Facebook, X/Twitter, Elon, Mark Z. TicTok, etc. and have trained myself to ignore 95% of all ads on any platform including Apple iOS. Just not interested in targeted or pushed ads. I can do my own research, choose my sources, reasonably verify information, and make my own decision, for which I have and take responsibility for. Over Half to 2/3rds of my life was spent learning how to reasonably critically think, understand the science that came before, came during, and will come after my life. I’m sure there’s plenty of conservative articles in Apple News, after all, republicans probably buy Apple iPhones too, I mean they wouldn’t be caught dead with a Chinese or South Korean, or Vietnamese made Android smartphone, right? And surely all conservatives will spend extra to buy US made products to keep there fellow workers (or robots, or AI) working, so they would steadfastly avoid Walmart, Amazon, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Harbor Freight, Ikea and other retailer’s that import all that imported stuff? So yeah, conservatives, the sources and stories are there, if you look for them and choose to follow them. You have every right to unfollow or block any other source you don’t care for, that’s why Apple gave you that choice and ability. I suggest you use that choice for yourself, and quit trying to tell me and everyone else what and how we want to see, read, or watch. That’s not your job, that’s mine.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'The New York Post *IS* most definitely available to read in full within Apple News. Just use the Search feature. One can then add it to the “Channels & Topics” list along with any other media source to which one wants to have easy access. If I’m understanding correctly, I think what is being objected to by these conservative watchdogs is the rarity of the appearance of articles from the NYP and other right-wing media within Apple News’ “Today” section, featuring current top news stories.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - '” In my view both AMD and Amazon are oversold.” Both are LLM AI Data Center plays. The fact that these companies are over sold (I agree) is just a reflection of how the LLM AI industry is massively oversold.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Michael: In my view both AMD and Amazon are oversold. Earlier today I sold out of a position in a utility, AEP, and used much of the proceeds to complete my planned purchases of Blue Owl. Today’s market movements opened some new opportunities that I will be looking for in my research this evening.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'Ya know how to tell if MAGA is full of shit? Their mouths are moving. Are they the Borg and resistance is futile?'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - '@Timothy, Thanks for reminding me what I’m missing by reading Apple News in the morning instead of the New York Post. As soon as I saw one of the headlines you listed as “Trump “debunking” climate change makes world a better place” I looked at the online version of the NYP to get the entire story: Title: “Miranda Devine: Trump debunking Al Gore’s climate fears has made the world a better place” “Ding dong, the climate hoax is dead. Twenty years after Al Gore’s apocalyptic movie “An Inconvenient Truth,” the Trump administration has put the final nail in the coffin of the lie that scared a generation into believing the planet was about to explode in flames if they kept using fossil fuels. In what the White House calls “the largest deregulatory action in American history,” the EPA on Thursday will repeal an Obama-era proclamation that has mandated greenhouse-gas regulations for 17 years, The 2009 “endangerment finding” has been the primary climate handbrake on American industry, forming the legal justification for increasingly punitive greenhouse-gas regulations. Rescinding it would “save the American people $1.3 trillion in crushing regulations,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said this week, with the EPA projecting an average saving of $2,400 per vehicle and further savings on farm machinery, soon to be freed from the complex extra circuitry required to restrict emissions. It will also end Joe Biden’s enforced transition to electric vehicles by 2030. It’s about time that common sense returned to energy policy. During the recent bone-chilling winter storm that hit 200 million Americans across more than 35 states, it wasn’t wind and solar that kept the lights on but fossil fuels. According to the Florida Municipal Power Agency, 90% of power generation in the country at the height of the storm was natural gas, coal, nuclear or oil. Cheap, abundant energy fueled America’s prosperity, but charlatans citing pseudoscience have conspired to send us back to the dark ages with hyperbolic predictions that keep falling apart. As we keep sailing past the various doomsday deadlines set by climate shucksters from Gore to Greta Thunberg, the public has been waking up to the hoax.” etc. Now that’s the kind of news to which I hope the climate scientists all over the world are paying attention. Since climate change worries have now been revealed as a hoax, I’m going to write to Tim Cook *demanding* that Apple start including the New York Post into Apple News so we can all benefit from its important stories. Especially articles like the following, written by “Miranda Devine”, the author of the climate fears article: **”Trump immortalized Biden’s ‘unprecedented disasters’ with autopen tribute” ** “Democrats stir up racial division to seize political power — it’s time we stop falling for their hoaxes” ** “Miranda Devine: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson removed any shred of impartiality by applauding anti-ICE speeches at the Grammys” ** “Miranda Devine: ‘Melania’ serves as a dainty middle finger to Trump’s media tormenters — who were wrong about everything” If this small sample is indicative of what we could all expect from the New York Post and writers like Miranda Devine, I’m amazed that Apple hasn’t previously included the New York Post in Apple News. /s'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'At this point, I’m troubled by the amount of scolding still aimed at Tim Cook and Apple for supposedly bowing to the corrupt administration. Tim Cook is doing his best dancing with a predatory monster in obvious mental and physical decline. So I wonder, is this the point at which Apple and Cook should be pushing back harder? As a shareholder, user, and US citizen, I want to see push back, both against the administration, and the “professional left” Apple critics who have trouble with difficult and nuanced evaluation. watching Pam Bondi’s unhinged performance was yet another reminder of the depth of depravity coming from this administration and the right wing propaganda machine. I’ve been anticipating this battle as inevitable.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'I also subscribe to Apple News and it tends to provide me the articles I want to read as it will for anyone who uses the app on their own device. To test their complaint, you’d have to use a freshly installed copy of the OS that is not tied to any Apple ID. Making sure the News app is also not logged into any Apple ID account, launch the News app and note the articles provided by default but DO NOT click on any article. Quit the app and every hour thereafter launch the app, note the default articles being sure to not click on any. After a previously established testing period, there would have to be an equal number of articles for each political tendency. If they note 1,000 articles, 500 would have to be left leaning, 500 would have to be right leaning. If they are using their own accounts and they don’t like what they are seeing, they need to stop clicking on and reading any and all left leaning articles, otherwise it will alter the output of the algorithm and include left leaning articles. Since I pay for Apple News, I want/expect it to show me the articles I want to read. I don’t mind an occasional right leaning article for counter balance, but I expect the vast, vast, vast majority of article to be ones I want to read, NOT THE ONES THEY SAY I SHOULD READ!!! F*CK THEM!! Who is going to classify all these articles? What if a 3rd or 4th political party is created and they want their fair share of articles showing up? When does it stop? And, to be fair, lets take to issue to all the right leaning newspapers, podcasts, AM talk radio shows, YouTube channels, websites, shitholes, etc., etc., etc. It’s only fair that they are forced to show, talk about and produce left leaning viewpoints to their audience even though they may not want to hear it.'
on Why Bernstein's Mark Newman raised his Apple price target (video) - 'I’m upcoming as my screen just blitzed!'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - '@Stephen: You have to specify you want articles about snakes without arms and legs. That ought to correct the issue.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'The Trumpsters are using Apple as a punching bag to create distraction from their own failings and the stock market is buying it hook line and sinker today. This not something Apple can control but must weather. Probably a huge buying opportunity if you think you can catch a falling knife. Given there are more than a few people who have motives to create stock price moves for their own benefit this action today doesn’t seem to have a basis in fundamental reasons but really just an overreaction to any perceived negative news. Definitely a trader kind of day.'
on GenAI is bullish on Apple - 'Algorithmic trading is primarily used by institutional investors, hedge funds, and banks, and is not readily used by the retail investor. Whereas AI will add retail investors to the bandwagons. Also AI will add the element of predicting future growth (or the lack of), another factor that can be added to the algorithmic trading.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'We shall see whether the Lindsey Graham of Business leaders shows some spine for once.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'Hi, David. Close. The core question is why “how do you measure ‘bias’? suddenly became a core question….'
