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Nothing in the announcement says it's novel, innovative, or created by Apple. It says that it's new (as in a change for this model) and better for users. Thos
by stetrain 7y ago
Nothing in the announcement says it's novel, innovative, or created by Apple.
It says that it's new (as in a change for this model) and better for users.
Those two items, inverted-T arrows and an escape key, are very specific user complaint points about their keyboards since 2016.
Apple didn't get rid of them in some conspiracy to look like the good guys in 2020 after four years of user complaints.
Did you want Tim Cook to appear in a video groveling for forgiveness?
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoIt’s not new, it’s an old, time tested design and they fucked up by changing it, and it’s okay to admit that. Calling “new” comes across as, I was going to say “intentionally deceptive”, but it’s not deceptive, it’s just lying to your customers. > Apple didn't get rid of them in some conspiracy to look like the good guys in 2020 after four years of user complaints. I’m not convinced. > Did you want Tim Cook to appear in a video groveling for forgiveness? I wouldn’t be offended if he resigned.
- stetrain 7y agoWhich company says "We fucked up, our old product was flawed and bad" in a press release? For reference here's the iPhone 4S press release after the "antennagate" iPhone 4: > Improving on the innovative stainless steel external, dual-antenna design of iPhone 4, iPhone 4S is the first phone to intelligently switch between two antennas to send and receive. Smoothing over the flaws in your previous product by focusing on the new and improved version is about as standard marketing-speak as it gets.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoOkay.