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                   Apple in 2021: The Six Colors Report Card

   Josh Centers

   Financially, Apple is more robust than ever. Despite seemingly endless
   hiccups in the supply chain, Apple continues to post record-breaking
   quarterly reports (see '[1]Apple Posts Record-Breaking Q1 2022 Despite
   Supply Constraints,' 27 January 2022). But is Apple keeping its
   customers and biggest fans happy?

   Our friend Jason Snell has once again released his annual [2]Six Colors
   Report Card, polling 53 Apple-adjacent professionals on the company's
   performance, including many of us here at TidBITS. Overall scores were
   quite high, led by the Mac, hardware reliability, iPhone, and Wearables
   categories'the new MacBook Pro received especially glowing comments.
   Conversely, the developer relations and HomeKit categories were low
   last year and dropped even further this year.

   Curiously, other than a big jump in the Apple TV category (from an
   already low point, and entirely due to the new Siri Remote), every
   other category was either flat or saw a slight decline from last year.
   As always, the full report is well worth reading, particularly for the
   pithy quotes from your favorite Apple pundits.

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