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Apple is losing its focus again – and this time, there's no Steve Jobs

19 points by ytNumbers 10y ago

exabrial 10y ago
Instead of setting a clear vision and a roadmap for innovation, they're tried to get as gimmicky as possible. Was anyone else underwhelmed when "Natural Scrolling" was touted as a major feature? Seemed like a warning sign the CEO was struggling.
- glhaynes 10y ago
  Natural scrolling debuted while Jobs was alive.
danielhooper 10y ago
Sorry for being off topic, but I'm not finding any substance in these Apple/Mac articles or subsequent conversations we've had lately. I wanted to make a separate ask HN post for this but does anyone else feel like this website has been oversaturated pointless armchair views on The Current State of Apple™? In other words I feel as though lately this type of content has been as rubbish as say, arguing about video game consoles...
- caconym_ 10y ago
  Agreed. Seems like these articles are a great way for "news" sites to get clicks! I think there are legitimate discussions to be had about Apple's current state and future direction, but for the most part they seem to be vastly outnumbered by meaningless crap like "LOL it only has ONE PORT? WAKE UP $HEEPLE" and so on. I won't read this site because they block ad blocker users, but I wouldn't expect it to contain much signal.
- dkonofalski 10y ago
  Amen. On top of that, articles like this just like slag on Apple because it gets clicks. I'm ok with bashing on Apple but not when it's for a completely arbitrary reason. The arguments are getting old on both sides.
reacharavindh 10y ago
If a singular visionary is what Apple needs, may be Tim Cook should give a call to Elon Musk :-)
ksec 10y ago
Apple is doomed, and has been for a while painted by media. But what people dont realize is that news today aren't really trying to tell you the truth. ( Hence all these Fake news topic. ) They are trying to MAXIMIZE their revenue with their post. Which means A/B testing to see which ever reader likes to read, or tries to attract certain types of reader. Once the topic has been beaten to death and seen reader flying away, they change the tone and paint a different picture. A different spin on the same story trying to attract readers back. This is, capitalism at its best.
bamurphymac1 10y ago
I just wish they'd fix the bugs. That's all. It's disheartening to have Xcode crap out on me ten times a day. And to have Apple Maps fail to present a keyboard when I search on my iPhone. And to have Music suddenly cut in to Overcast. And for the watch to start presenting directions from a week ago several times a day. And for text input on a 5k iMac to regularly lag a second or more. Pick your poison. I don't know if it matters or not but I don't think Steve would be OK with how bad it's become. Other than that I think they're doing great. When it works it WORKS. It just doesn't seem to work that often anymore. EDIT: All this is of course anecdotal and it's totally possible that quality is steady and I'm just noticing more now. But, there it is, perception is reality.
CodeWriter23 10y ago
Apple has survived MacObserver, yielding the ironic result of Apple surviving the Apple Death Knell Counter.

19 points by ytNumbers 10y ago

Instead of setting a clear vision and a roadmap for innovation, they're tried to get as gimmicky as possible. Was anyone else underwhelmed when "Natural Scrolling" was touted as a major feature? Seemed like a warning sign the CEO was struggling.

glhaynes 10y ago
Natural scrolling debuted while Jobs was alive.

danielhooper 10y ago

Sorry for being off topic, but I'm not finding any substance in these Apple/Mac articles or subsequent conversations we've had lately. I wanted to make a separate ask HN post for this but does anyone else feel like this website has been oversaturated pointless armchair views on The Current State of Apple™? In other words I feel as though lately this type of content has been as rubbish as say, arguing about video game consoles...

caconym_ 10y ago
Agreed. Seems like these articles are a great way for "news" sites to get clicks! I think there are legitimate discussions to be had about Apple's current state and future direction, but for the most part they seem to be vastly outnumbered by meaningless crap like "LOL it only has ONE PORT? WAKE UP $HEEPLE" and so on. I won't read this site because they block ad blocker users, but I wouldn't expect it to contain much signal.
dkonofalski 10y ago
Amen. On top of that, articles like this just like slag on Apple because it gets clicks. I'm ok with bashing on Apple but not when it's for a completely arbitrary reason. The arguments are getting old on both sides.

reacharavindh 10y ago

If a singular visionary is what Apple needs, may be Tim Cook should give a call to Elon Musk :-)

ksec 10y ago

Apple is doomed, and has been for a while painted by media. But what people dont realize is that news today aren't really trying to tell you the truth. ( Hence all these Fake news topic. ) They are trying to MAXIMIZE their revenue with their post. Which means A/B testing to see which ever reader likes to read, or tries to attract certain types of reader. Once the topic has been beaten to death and seen reader flying away, they change the tone and paint a different picture. A different spin on the same story trying to attract readers back. This is, capitalism at its best.

bamurphymac1 10y ago

I just wish they'd fix the bugs. That's all. It's disheartening to have Xcode crap out on me ten times a day. And to have Apple Maps fail to present a keyboard when I search on my iPhone. And to have Music suddenly cut in to Overcast. And for the watch to start presenting directions from a week ago several times a day. And for text input on a 5k iMac to regularly lag a second or more. Pick your poison. I don't know if it matters or not but I don't think Steve would be OK with how bad it's become. Other than that I think they're doing great. When it works it WORKS. It just doesn't seem to work that often anymore. EDIT: All this is of course anecdotal and it's totally possible that quality is steady and I'm just noticing more now. But, there it is, perception is reality.

CodeWriter23 10y ago

Apple has survived MacObserver, yielding the ironic result of Apple surviving the Apple Death Knell Counter.