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by mynameisvlad 810 days ago
Does it really make a big difference if Apple is first or second? That really wasn’t GP’s point.
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Vaslo 810 days ago
The article mentions that incorrectly as well. Or is that what GP is?
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yareal 810 days ago
GP is grand parent. It refers to the post above the one you respond to. Your post is my parent post, the post you responded to is my GP post.
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mupuff1234 810 days ago
We might have not seen these layoffs if their stock was humming along nicely, but that hasn't been the case this year.

So yeah, the fact that they are relatively "struggling" and aren't the top company anymore has some relevance.

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mynameisvlad 810 days ago
They’re the second biggest company in the world now, and by not that much. They’re doing fine.

It would be a different story if they suddenly dropped a magnitude or more, but going from first to second has basically no relevance on the content of the comment. It would have read the exact same if it said “second biggest company”.

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