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> Apple decides what users want and builds that. You have a point there, but that decision didn't use to be at random(s/random/internal politics/), the way it
by sfilargi 10y ago
> Apple decides what users want and builds that.
You have a point there, but that decision didn't use to be at random(s/random/internal politics/), the way it seems to be now.
"Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things" - Steve Jobs
I suspect that the touchbar and the applewatch would be 2 of the 1,000 things.
- jolux 10y agoThe Apple Watch was born out of Jobs' frustration with the state of data sharing in patient-doctor relationships. If you think that these are now just ideas that they randomly decided to follow through on you have no idea how many things they throw out.
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- sfilargi 10y ago> The Apple Watch was born out of Jobs' frustration with the state of data sharing in patient-doctor relationships. I didn't know that, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the watch would be introduced in the state/form it has been, or even that it would see the daylight at all.
- jolux 10y agoBut why shouldn't it? It's a popular device, makes Apple users even more conspicuous, and does a few things really well. It's basically the only wrist thingy that measures heart rate accurately, for example. It also includes a pulse oximeter which isn't currently in use. I would say the full story of the Apple Watch is not known to consumers yet, it's still sort of like the iPhone pre-App Store or pre-3G, say. The core elements of its success are there but the transformative potential is not yet realized in its entirety.