I’m speaking to you from Silicon Valley, where some of the most prominent and successful companies have built their businesses by lulling their customers into complacency about their personal information.
TIM COOKWe believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.
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We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day.
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Gaming has kind of evolved a bit. More people play on portable devices.
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And that’s what everyone at Apple is focused on – pushing forward and creating the future.
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Today, we are pleased to announce the biggest advancement in iPhone.
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They’re gobbling up everything they can learn about you and trying to monetize it. We think that’s wrong. And it’s not the kind of company that Apple wants to be.
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I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn’t be intrusive.
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I’m a country boy at the end of the day. I’m going to pick up the phone and tell you I’m going to sue you.
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You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.
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I believe that if you took privacy and you said, I’m willing to give up all of my privacy to be secure. So you weighted it as a zero.
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We’re talking about a world where the PC is no longer the center, but just a devicewhere your new devices need to be more portable, more personal.
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I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.
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I remember what it was like to grow up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units.
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Honestly, we’ll compete with everybody. I love competition. As long as people invent their own stuff, I love competition.
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From our point of view it’s important that Apple not be the developer for the world.
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