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Steve Jobs fought with Steve Wozniak about whether the Apple II should have user-accessible parts. Anti-user-access is in the company's DNA.
by sukilot 6y ago
Steve Jobs fought with Steve Wozniak about whether the Apple II should have user-accessible parts. Anti-user-access is in the company's DNA.
- solarkraft 6y agoIs there more information about Steve Jobs actively being replaceable parts for business reasons? My impression is that it's one of the first things to compromise on for cleanliness, but there is not directly a design culture against it. The Powermac G4 seems like it was easy to service. Of course it's very easy to imagine that bad serviceability is encouraged by some managers.
- ncmncm 6y agoIt goes way back. He didn't want an App store. They had to prove publishers would pay an unconscionable 30% before he allowed it. He didn't want anybody to be able to open a Mac and add memory, or a network card, or anything. Macs had Torx screws, back when nobody had Torx screwdrivers, and they needed have an unusually long shaft, or extension.
- guenthert 6y agoI don't think Jobs was so much opposed to geeks tinkering with their toys, rather he wanted a computer perceived as a solution providing tool for everyone, not as a problem in itself usable only by engineers.
- rongenre 6y agoApple tried to own the software distribution channel back in the 70's (like they do with the app store). I didn't work out, but I don't think they were ever terribly happy with needing to produce general-purpose computers.