Apple

includes Apple Podcasts, Apple Pay, Apple Watch, Apple II, Apple I, Apple Lisa, Apple Newton, Apple Podcast

10 statements across 8 episodes · 1 bullish · 7 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 3, 2020 by Maren Kate · said 113 times in 46 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Rob Walling (76), Einar Vollset (8), Mike Taber (5), Tracy Osborn (4), Tom Merritt (4), Colin Netterkorn (3), Craig Hewitt (2), Pete Kazanji (1)

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Everything said about Apple, oldest first

Mar 3, 2020 negative
Insight
Brand-Name Employers Like Apple and Airbnb Do Not Predict Candidate Success
“It doesn't matter if I look at their resume and they used to work for Apple or Postmates or, you know, one of these darlings where I'm like, Ooh, they worked at Airbnb. They must be good. That is not an indicator of success.”
Maren Kate Mar 3, 2020 ▶ 32:31 Episode 486 | The Shocking Collapse of Zirtual and Maren Kate’s Next Act (plus How to Hire Well)
May 12, 2020
Assertion Supported
Customer.io suffered a 24-hour outage after Apple acquired FoundationDB
“And I think in 2015, we had an outage that lasted, it might have been 24 hours. Basically what had happened was we were using this database technology called FoundationDB. It was acquired by Apple. Apple did not, would not let FoundationDB renew any service co…”
Colin Netterkorn May 12, 2020 ▶ 33:31 Episode 496 | " The Press Cover Expectations. Don't Compare Yourself to Slack or Zoom"
Dec 22, 2020 bearish
Prediction Held up
Taber: Regulators will attempt to break up Big Tech, likely targeting Facebook
“There's going to be a over attempt by a government and I'm going to, you know, kind of lump a couple of them together, like the United States, either the United States federal government, the European union, or even maybe even, I doubt a state government would…”
Mike Taber Dec 22, 2020 ▶ 11:25 Episode 528 | 2021 Predictions from Rob and Mike
Dec 22, 2020 negative
Opinion
Walling: Google, Facebook, and Apple are monopolies, but Amazon is not
“My opinion is Google, Facebook, and Apple are monopolies. Amazon is not a monopoly in anything. Like, every big major thing they have, maybe Kindle is the only one I can think of.”
Rob Walling Dec 22, 2020 ▶ 13:59 Episode 528 | 2021 Predictions from Rob and Mike
Mar 23, 2021 negative
Opinion
Walling: Steve Jobs was not a great product person early on
“He was not a great product person in the early days. It was Wozniak, and obviously Jobs learned this and did become that over time.”
Rob Walling Mar 23, 2021 ▶ 4:16 Episode 541 | Rob Solo
Jun 8, 2021 bearish
Prediction Held up
Walling predicts Apple will reject a fully remote work model
“You know, I don't think Apple's going remote with the big saucer, flying saucer campus there, and what are they going to do when they come back?”
Rob Walling Jun 8, 2021 ▶ 17:21 553: Stack Overflow and Moz Acquired, Quitting Instead of Giving Up Remote Work, and More
Mar 28, 2023
Insight
Merritt: Audience criticism is rarely about the literal grievance stated
“Usually what they're saying is not what they're mad at. When they're saying like, I hated that you called Apple great. They're not saying I hated that you called Apple great. They're saying you don't cover Android enough. So I try to look at like, okay, but wh…”
Tom Merritt Mar 28, 2023 ▶ 16:26 Episode 654 | Shipping Every Day for 10 Years with Tom Merritt
Dec 9, 2025 negative
Insight
Bootstrappers should model themselves after resource-constrained founders, not Apple or Basecamp.
“Don't model yourself after Apple. Because they also have infinity resources to do things. Model after people who are constrained and who have solely, you know, like a Derek Reimer, any tiny C company, maybe some of the indie hackers that have taste, I don't kn…”
Rob Walling Dec 9, 2025 ▶ 19:22 Episode 810 | The Best A.I. Coding Stack, Shipping Fast, and More...
Mar 10, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Vollset: Apple can win consumer AI interface without owning frontier models
“And I feel like that's actually where Apple could come in, and without, even without necessarily owning, like, a fantastic foundation model, Could come in and just be like the interface by which normal people interact with AI day in and day out. For sure, I th…”
Einar Vollset Mar 10, 2026 ▶ 34:37 Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGP...
Mar 10, 2026 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2031
Vollset predicts Anthropic will inevitably add advertisements to Claude
“Not only are they going to do it, but so is Claude. I guarantee it. You know, they might figure out something clever and do the thing, but like, there's no, there's just not a universe unless Claude get bought by Apple or something. That, that Claude aren't go…”
Einar Vollset Mar 10, 2026 ▶ 29:14 Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGP...
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