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Apple doesn't change anything: "They've stopped innovating and become boring." Apple does change stuff: "Why did they ruin a good thing?" Apple's whole thing
by gkoberger 10y ago
Apple doesn't change anything: "They've stopped innovating and become boring."
Apple does change stuff: "Why did they ruin a good thing?"
Apple's whole thing is simple products that work really well, and they're now suffering from it. Android or Windows can add 20 new bells and whistles, whereas that's not Apple's thing. Their initial versions are freakishly well-done (the current iPhone isn't that different from what was released a decade ago, and the MBP hasn't really changed either), and subsequent models suffer from that early level of polish and perfection. They need people to continue buying (they are a company), but really don't have many ways to entice people to.
- sjtgraham 10y ago> They need people to continue buying (they are a company), but really don't have many ways to entice people to. "What happened at Apple, to be honest, over the years was... the goal used to be to make the best computers in the world. And.. that was goal 1. Goal 2, we got from Hewlett-Packard actually which was "we have to make a profit". Because if we don't make a profit we can't do goal 1. So, yeah, I mean we enjoyed making a profit, but the purpose of making a profit was so we can make the best computers in the world. Along the way somewhere those two got reversed. The goal is to make a lot of money and well, if we have to make some good computers well OK we'll do that... 'cause we can make a lot of money doing that. And, it's very subtle.. it's very subtle at first, but it turns out it's everything. That one little subtle flip... takes 5 years to see it.. but that one little subtle flip in 5 years means everything." - Steve Jobs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJKmnKbx-aE&feature=youtu.be&t=1783 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJKmnKbx-aE&feature=youtu.be...)