Well, facts are one thing, but let us not ignore the power of comparisons to .

To put it more simply, Apple and the iPhone have jumped the shark.

You know what's jumped the shark? Jumping the shark, that's what. The "Apple is doomed" argument, meanwhile, is simply a tired old trope that pundits trot out as if they're the first ones to make this astounding contention. Truth be told, here on planet Earth--sadly, we are cursed to live on the only known planet on which pundits have "evolved"--pundits have been saying this since ...

Wait, when was Apple established? April 1, 1976? Probably that afternoon, then.

Mack kindly points out that "jumping the shark" is a reference to an episode of Happy Days when Fonzi ... stop the Macalope if you've heard this ... jumped over a shark. Which, we can all agree on, is dumb.