Tim Cook explains his temporary insanity

[davemchine]

Ok, I had a little fun with the title but read the article. It reads like an april fools article. I previously hypothesized that the reason to buy Beats was the streaming tech and I still think that's true although I find the pairing of these two companies questionable.

http://recode.net/2014/05/28/tim-cook-ex...-beats-qa/

[silvarios]

Tim Cook should have been prescient and bought MOG for $14 million a couple years back. Seems cheaper in hindsight.

[vision63]

If they bought Senheisser, nobody would say anything. Apple buys companies all the time. But they bought this company.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

NWA = N***as Within Apple?

[vision63]

Senior Vice President of G-Funk. Or so I've heard.

[vision63]

Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Jobs has put in a bid to buy the L.A. Clippers with Jimmy Iovine. The team may sell for over $2 Billion.

[deckeda]

And any pro sports franchise has better long term prospects than does the Beats name.

[deckeda]

I read that and leaned nothing. I did see a few Jobs quotes ("in our DNA" and "the intersection of liberal arts and technology") that need to stop being part of everyone's--Cook especially--lexicon.

[ka jowct]

vision63 wrote:
If they bought Senheisser, nobody would say anything.

Or even Sennheiser.

I haven't ever listened to Beats headphones, so I don't know anything about the quality. Are they any good?

If they are only "good" with a couple of genres, I personally wouldn't classify them as good. So what's the verdict?

[what4]

Watch out, Apple! If you're not careful, three years from now those tough guys will own you.