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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

…faster launches? There’s already consumer burnout from the constant update cycle. This says to me, he doesn’t have any new ideas, no path to actual improvements, so he’s falling back on the bad management strategy of “cut labor + do existing practices but more.”

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It is an old strategy, when a company decides to do something unpopular, to change CEOs so that they have a (knowing, complicit) fall guy. Then after the changes are done, they axe the fall guy, and bring in someone new who will “get back to our roots” etc etc, giving some minor concessions but retaining the primary changes that were architected before the fall guy showed up.

Apple is probably feeling the pressure from tariffs and decreased consumer spending, so they need to make cuts but don’t want to harm Apple’s reputation long-term. Thus the above strategy is invoked.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

It’s possible, but normally companies will get a woman to be the CEO for this particular scheme.

[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

What, you don't wanna buy a new iPhone every quarter?

[–] shath@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

works every time