I\u2019m extremely busy this week so will keep this short.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Apple should have been an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) when they launched the iPhone. Just like Boost and Nextel were. Lease tower space and be the only carrier for which you can get the iPhone. Apple would take your money, sell you AppleCare and be the one place you go for support with your iPhone & service.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Apple should have spun off a subsidiary bank a decade ago. Is this legal? I don\u2019t know but I being an Apple Fanboy would pay Apple $150 a year for access to their banking system, they could bundle in Apple Music, AppleCare, a rewards system to put toward your iPhone every year and it\u2019d be amazing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why are they partnering with Goldman Sachs instead of just being their own bank. Again, I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s legal but if Amazon can own grocery stores, Apple can own a bank. They have the capital to do this.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m extremely busy this week so will keep this short.\u00a0 Apple should have been an MVNO (mobile virtual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-02-26T13:58:13Z","apple_news_api_id":"c6ed51a1-49a6-4d4e-b309-2c8a0931ce42","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2019-02-26T13:58:15Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Axu1RoUmmTU6zCSyKCTHOQg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-technology","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-23X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7612,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/11\/12\/the-cost-of-apple-fanboyism-in-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":7933,"position":0},"title":"The Cost of Apple-Fanboyism in 2018","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This is one of those posts that some people will respect because they\u2019ve been loyal Apple fans for decades and others will come down on as a wholly first world problem that shouldn\u2019t be an issue anyone should face. 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