There is a long tail of consequences for short-sighted policies and people monitoring stock prices always seem to be taken by surprise by them when they occur.

You should include additional factors in your analysis.

Obviously, by the context, it should be clear we're not talking about the stock price, probably the least interesting data point.

What are you talking about then, market share? unit numbers? gross profit? net profit?

If I was judging by the context I'd say it's just a good old cynical whinge which is OK but very subjective.

Quality, robustness, stability and longevity, especially important for developers and other professionals requiring quality hardware and software.

User goodwill. I'm a programmer and I can easily accept they don't care about us. Fine. But I've been hearing very casual users loudly complaining as well.

At one point sales drop below what executives find acceptable. It has already started for iPhones and has been like that for several years.