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@bretcarmichael @stroughtonsmith With Apple this is quite literally epitomized by an oft-cited quote from Steve Jobs: “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”
That applies to shareholders in the company's stock as much as customers of the company's products.
@gruber @stroughtonsmith That makes a lot of sense. I agree; that short-term thinking is a terrible way to run the country. Relatedly, I do think Apple [and others] is looking at their Trump investment on a relatively short timeline. Trump can’t run again. His proposed China tariffs have the potential to do real harm. He’s transactional and impulsive. Apple and others are going to pay protection money. CEOs are courting Trump more than Biden, because they didn’t fear Biden being vindictive.