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quick ? Here we go .
Writing forNetwork macrocosm , Steven Max Patterson say us:“Google and Apple : Apple could be the next AOL.”(Tip o ’ the antlers to@JonyIveParody . )
PFFFFFFFFFT .
That was weird . Where did all that Shasta come from ? The Macalope was n’t even drinking anything . Very strange .
So , yeah , trusted . AOL . arrive at sense . Verizon will grease one’s palms Apple any day now . Just watch .
Keep watch .
Look .
Any minute .
There - no . Not yet . Soon .
Apple foretell its financial consequence on July 25 and Alphabet / Google on July 26 . After - time of day trading drive Alphabet ’s market cap up over Apple ’s .
Uhhh , did it ? The Macalope consider maybe it actually did not . Alphabet did have a adept one-fourth and its shares were up , but the piece that Patterson links to that says Alphabet ’s grocery cap passed Apple ’s in after - hours trading is fromback in February . Alphabet passed Apple again in May , but right now Alphabet ’s market cap is at $ 533 billion and Apple ’s is at $ 571 billion and the horny one ’s ( albeit back - of - the - serviette ) calculations based on their late share prices seem to argue they were closer last week but not tight enough to put Alphabet on top , after - 60 minutes trading notwithstanding . A Google search on several term similar to “ Alphabet extend Apple ’s market cap ” also turns up nothing other than those two instances from prior in the yr in the top consequence .
The thing is , they ’re both quite successful company with dissimilar business exemplar . It ’s only since Google send Android that we ’ve been told we ca n’t love daddy and other papa equally .
The chart above is a non - scientific indicator of expected value about the future of both company .
The “ chart ” is of the results of an on-line canvass in that CNBC piece from February that asked “ How long will Alphabet ’s market cap be greater than Apple ’s ? ” Ah ! Important dubiousness to put to your readers who are all licensed fiscal analyst and not at all Alphabet sports fan drawn to a story about their favorite companionship ’s quarterly results . How did the respondering go , CNBC ?
Well , they ’re glad we asked . 12 percent of responder said “ a calendar week ” , 30 percent “ a year ” and an astounding 39 percent said Alphabet ’s grocery cap would dominate Apple ’s for “ a ten ” . astonishing and , sadly , incorrect . Very , very wrong . The dirty money for being really correct here in our reality goes to the 5 pct who said “ a day ” . That ’s how longit actually was . One daytime .
But , hey , the crown is still open ! If you ’re one of the 83 per centum of the great unwashed who immensely over - estimated how long Alphabet ’s market cap would top Apple ’s , good tidings ! This absolutely meaningless online poll is now so old your browser app in all probability does n’t think having replied so you may just go in the lead and answer “ a day ” and , boom , now you ’re right .
The expectations favour Google ’s continued growth .
The outlook of a group of non - scientifically chosen masses who , it turn out , were fabulously wrong . That ’s pretty much the whole Apple vs. anyone argument wrapped up in a neat package , is n’t it ?
Patterson notice that shipments of iPhones and Mac were down . For Google , however , everything ’s come up Milhouse .
Alphabet , on the other script , handily perplex expectations …
Uh , well , Applealso“beat expectations ” , beating its guidance and Wall Street forecast . But , yeah , its Book of Numbers were down from the same quarter the old year .
Alphabet rode the shift to mobile …
Unlike Apple .
[ coughing ]
Apple is in a tough spot .
Indeed ! It ’s difficult to say whether it ’ll be the billions in revenue or the million in net profit that will kill it first . Still , look for Verizon ( market cap $ 222 billion ) to grease one’s palms Apple ( market chapiter $ 571 billion ) quite soon .
Possibly with bitcoin . Or that Harry Potter money . Hard to say which . Just some currency that is not actually real money .
A smartphone manufacturer would have to essay to make a bad Android speech sound .
Oh , is that howthey do it ? !
Wait , why do they do that ?
Long before AOL lost its lead , many internet users experienced the difference between AOL ’s walled garden and the richer undetermined internet .
DING DING DING ! lease ’s give Patterson 10 point on the Cliché - ometer for “ walled garden ” , a twisting on the Wheel of Misunderstanding and a lifetime provision of Rice - A - Roni , the San Francisco dainty , which we will take out of the boxes and ditch on him in one giant avalanche of taste .
Apple ’s secrecy prevents the company from trying new product designs …
YES , THIS HAS DEFINITELY HAPPENED WHAT ARE YOU EVEN talk ABOUT THEY FREAKING INVENTED THE MODERN SMARTPHONE THAT WAY .
Apple ’s obsession with complete prevents the companionship from releasing a beneficial product and making it great .
The Macalope is not going to check , he ’s just go to assume that Patterson is a huge buff of the Apple Watch which , rent ’s face it , was probably released a petty too before long and espouse this substitution class he ’s follow and has , as we all know , received nothing but honor from Apple ’s knocker . So , good advice ! Surely , if Apple were to pop out secrete things that were less polished there would be nothing but incontrovertible feedback from that .
While everyone await for the iPhone 7 , Apple ’s seduction of television and the Apple Car to be perfect , Google and Facebook are iterating furiously out in the surface …
And , yet , somehow Apple continue to make a measured rear - gross ton of money , far more than either of those companies , and is the one that actually has the bombastic market place cap which is how this conversation started .
Yep . It ’s a real puzzler .
