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Re:Apple's Middle Age by fauigerzigerk on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:33AM (#16309859)
How would that negative revenue come to pass? People returning their iPhones en masse for a refund?
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Re:Apple's Middle Age by perseusprime11 on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:38AM (#16309911)
You end up spending lot more money than you make. To counter that, you invest $20 billion dollars in a game changing innovation but it fails leading to a write off. Then you go acquire a company that also becomes a dud. There are 100 different ways to go broke. Take a look at how GE messed up.
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Re:Apple's Middle Age by fauigerzigerk on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:42AM (#16309934)
Absolutely, but that's not negative revenue.
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