[gsquaredxc]

I think you confuse long-term planning with long-term success. Just because something is meticulously planned doesn’t guarantee the plan wasn’t flawed fundamentally.

Additionally, wireless charging is viewed as a flop? MagSafe (wireless) is a really strong product option. Lightning vs USB-C doesn’t matter, no need to fiddle with anything in the dark, etc. MagSafe for mounting in a car is also a strong offering. Most Android phones use Qi as well.

[apparent]

I think the reference to wireless charging was to their rumored-but-never-released product that was going to allow charging at a distance, not mere magsafe charging.

[troupo]

> I think you confuse long-term planning with long-term success.

No. Long-term planning presupposes actual planning and execution, including failure modes, usage patterns etc. There's markedly less and less of that under Cook's leadership.

Oh, by the way. You can't really have long-term meticulous planning when everything is on an artificially enforced yearly cycle. The hardware division has mostly emerged unscathed, but that's a miracle in Cook's Apple.

> wireless charging is viewed as a flop?

I was referring to AirPower. Announced, never shipped. I should've looked up the name for it. Otherwise yes, wireless charging has been used everywhere, and Apple was just one of very last holdouts to implement it.

[moralestapia]

4 trillion dollars disagree, though.

[righthand]

Non-Apple Derangement Syndrome is strong with the brand.

[troupo]

That's such a non-argument that I struggle to even comment on it.

By this measure Microsoft is the most meticulously planned company in history with a spotless track of achievements.