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I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Apple is usually not the first ever at something. Apple II wasn’t the first personal computer, Mac wasn’t the fist GUI, iPo
by tambourine_man 6y ago
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Apple is usually not the first ever at something.
Apple II wasn’t the first personal computer, Mac wasn’t the fist GUI, iPod not the first MP3 player, iPhone not the first touchscreen smartphone.
It’s just that they often make the first a lot of people want to buy.
- ineedasername 6y agoTheir talent over the years has been to take existing tech, understand how people will be comfortable from an ergonomics, fashion, and ux perspective, and combine those pieces of tech into the corresponding device. They make evolutionary changes that result in revolutionary shifts in consumer behavior. And over the years they've build up a marketing behemoth that convinces people "hey, this thing that might look a little weird (airpods) is cool and you're a smarter more attractive person for having them". So they move the overton window of tech fashion.
- tambourine_man 6y agoWhich do you think is more likely: - They are able to create compelling products. - Most people are stupid enough to be easily deceived by behemoth corp, to the point that other behemoths must copy them to stay in business.