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I don’t think Apple leadership is concerned about being the world’s most valuable company in any given quarter or any given year. This article alludes to a tie

I don’t think Apple leadership is concerned about being the world’s most valuable company in any given quarter or any given year. This article alludes to a tie between design team departures and declines in sales growth. Apple did not get big chasing quarterly profit numbers, it got big releasing game changing products and product improvements at the right time. While this design group deserves strong regard, building AR glasses and software interface to control them is not something that a dozen people solely define, it comes from trial and error and enlightened engineers building and offering alternative ideas based on what only they could know is achievable in windows of potential release. In fact, over the air updates, which was one of the most amazing accomplishments and features of iOS has little design at all. It’s just smart engineering that works well. So I do not see these departures as a threat to glasses or autonomous systems because the prestige of the company combined with its quality of “taste” as jobs put it means it is not going wayward because three people leave.

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nikofeyn 8y ago
> Apple did not get big chasing quarterly profit numbers, it got big releasing game changing products and product improvements at the right time. they released those products over a decade ago. they got big because they took the momentum from those innovations and turned them into a lifestyle, creating “upgrade” fever and everything else that came with that. in the meantime, they became an industry bully, pressuring suppliers and vendors for more and more discounts while pressuring consumers to pay more and more for moderate iterations of their products.
starky 8y ago
>In fact, over the air updates, which was one of the most amazing accomplishments and features of iOS has little design at all. It’s just smart engineering that works well. I disagree with your statement completely, a lack of interface is still an interface and requires careful design considerations on the backend. I think this quote sums it up: Good design, when it’s done well, becomes invisible. It’s only when it’s done poorly that we notice it. - Jared Spool

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nikofeyn 8y ago

> Apple did not get big chasing quarterly profit numbers, it got big releasing game changing products and product improvements at the right time. they released those products over a decade ago. they got big because they took the momentum from those innovations and turned them into a lifestyle, creating “upgrade” fever and everything else that came with that. in the meantime, they became an industry bully, pressuring suppliers and vendors for more and more discounts while pressuring consumers to pay more and more for moderate iterations of their products.

starky 8y ago

>In fact, over the air updates, which was one of the most amazing accomplishments and features of iOS has little design at all. It’s just smart engineering that works well. I disagree with your statement completely, a lack of interface is still an interface and requires careful design considerations on the backend. I think this quote sums it up: Good design, when it’s done well, becomes invisible. It’s only when it’s done poorly that we notice it. - Jared Spool