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Reminds me of this classic comment on Macrumors when the iPod launched [1]: Sounds very revolutionary to me. :mad: hey - heres an idea Apple - rather than en

by IBM 9y ago

Reminds me of this classic comment on Macrumors when the iPod launched [1]: Sounds very revolutionary to me. :mad: hey - heres an idea Apple - rather than enter the world of gimmicks and toys, why dont you spend a little more time sorting out your pathetically expensive and crap server line up? :mad: or are you really aiming to become a glorified consumer gimmicks firm? :mad: [1] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.500/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.5...

badsectoracula 9y ago
Didn't people said the same thing about iPhone, that Apple would fail if they enter in the already oversaturated phone market and they should stick with what they do best instead?
- bvi 9y ago
  Indeed. Can't wait to look back at this thread 10 years from now.
  - maneesh 9y ago
    The only difference is Jobs and Cook
- izacus 9y ago
  I'm sure people said negative things about Pippin, iTunes Ping and other products as well. Beware of survival bias.
mort96 9y ago
Well, that guy was right to be worried. Apple made extremely successful consumer products, but where are their servers? You could rightly argue that it's better for apple to focus on other stuff than servers, but it most definitely wasn't better for the people who depended on their server hardware and software.
charlesism 9y ago
Tim wasn't CEO when the iPod launched.