Apple at 50: the good and the bad

March 31, 2026 David Pierce

We're spending the week documenting and analyzing the first half-century of Apple's existence, from the oft-overlooked creation of QuickTime to the iconic MacBook Air to Apple's veering into antitrust territory. We're also ranking the best Apple products of all time, and it's causing us all to feel many feelings.

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On this episode of The Vergecast, we begin by stepping back a bit to ask a big question: How is Apple doing right now? Obviously, by many measures, Apple's doing great …

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