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Frankly, it all makes business sense. Apple's decisions today are all part of their strategy to increase the pie, increase their piece of the pie, and create ne
by prgmatic 17y ago
Frankly, it all makes business sense. Apple's decisions today are all part of their strategy to increase the pie, increase their piece of the pie, and create new pies.
People are analyzing the shit out of Steve Job's decisions as of late, but when you look at it from a business perspective, objectively, it all makes great sense.
Furthermore, Steve Jobs does not answer to the tech community, at the end of the day he answers to only one group of people: the shareholders.
*Note: I know that he is a major shareholder himself, but the point is still valid.
- wvenable 17y agoNobody is saying it doesn't make business sense. Nike having children in China sew their shoes together makes business sense too. It's still just a crappy thing to do.
- bruceboughton 17y agoUnfortunately it's not such a crappy thing to do that it affects sales... hence it makes good business sense
- billswift 17y agoUnless it turns off developers to such an extent that it affects the quality of apps on the platform. For that everyone will just have to wait and see - the big disagreement here is mostly on what the effects will be.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agohealth outcomes for people working in factories is still superior to the ones doing back-breaking rural farming which is the default.
- protomyth 17y agoI think comparing "not being able to use your favorite language" to "children doing grueling factory work" is a little bit over the line.