Legacies Can Be a Tricky Thing (AVALON)
In this episode, Neil Cybart talks about how will historians will grade Tim Cook’s legacy as Apple CEO. Additional discussion topics include:
Walmart accepting Apple Pay
Apple unveiling M6 and M5 Ultra and broader updates to the Mac mini and Mac Studio
App Store sales weakness.
The auto industry A/B testing a car with and without CarPlay
The WSJ justifying Stanley Druckenmiller using AI to write his WSJ op-ed.
What are we going to do with additional free time made available by AI?
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