Nope, that's not how the stock market works. And Apple has trapped themselves into that game in the worst possible way. They can't "good enough" any quarter. They are married to "Another record quarter of profit"... so it's not just do a good job... not deliver some good numbers, they have to set records EVERY time. Else the stock market will punish them dearly. It's very hard for ANY company to always set records. That is not sustainable. No high flyer has ever been able to keep doing that forever.
An earlier incarnation also cared about the price of the stock... but it was focused on building dazzlingly great products too. In other words, there was a good split between delivering customer value and delivering shareholder ROI. Now it feels like it's 1 for customer and 19 for shareholders.
That ever-growing pressure for records drives most of the decisions that seem to make no sense to Apple consumers. And it can only keep getting worse as long as Apple keeps chasing that "another record quarter" unless customers as a group decide there is insufficient value to keep paying higher and higher prices. Customers have the power to snap Apple out of it so they can re-focus on a better balance. How? Stop buying. If enough stop buying, Apple will definitely notice. They can't deliver "another record" without customers readily buying what is for sale.
As bad as a sales downturn can seem for a company, it is often the only thing that wakes them up, and brings fresh focus on delivering improved products- and pricing- that can motivate frustrated customers to open their wallets.
Incidentally, this is the same- and ONLY- solution to inflation surges. If people stop paying ever-rising prices, prices will stop rising. If people show they value their money more than overly-priced stuff, prices will start DEflating in search of a level where customers will choose to part with their money again. DEflation is a real thing too. We just haven't seen it in a long time because consumers opt to just pay up... any higher priced asked by sellers... as if we don't actually value our money at all and $200 or $2000 is no different than $150 or $1500.