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Microsoft Overtakes Apple as World's Most Valuable Company::Microsoft today overtook Apple as the world's most valuable public company by market value. Apple's share price dropped by just one percent,...

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (10 children)

It is pretty arbitrary as others have said.

But tbh, never understood why Apple is so highly valuable in the first place. Consumers are stupid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That they are. I'm sure you're going to get hit with the " it's my money, I do what I do want with it" deflection.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

A fool and his money are soon parted.

That said, apple does make great hardware and has/is pushing the industry forward.

But boy are they anti consume and competitive.

They even make fantastic hardware backdoor at some unknown price. Lol

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