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> Apple no longer needs another Steve Jobs at the throne... Much as I respect Steve Jobs’ innovations, I tend to agree. As others have pointed out (though I ca

> Apple no longer needs another Steve Jobs at the throne... Much as I respect Steve Jobs’ innovations, I tend to agree. As others have pointed out (though I can’t remember who or where), the iPad and iPhone marked an end point in several decades of advances in personal computing. A thin flat tablet that you operate with one finger! And it listens and talks and sees! Whenever I have read people lamenting the lack of similar revolutionary advances under Tim Cook—and I have lamented that lack myself—I have wondered what exactly those advances might be. While something may be lurking ahead in the AI/health/direct-brain-interface space, I don't blame Cook for not having taken us there yet.

GekkePrutser 6y ago
They're only an end point because Apple stopped innovating. Tim Cook is great as a process leader but he doesn't have an innovative vision. For all his personal flaws Steve Jobs was all about innovation and didn't mind risking the company to achieve it. Now Apple is in a stronger position than ever financially but it must the drive to innovate right now at any cost. It was really what made Apple great IMO.
- yazaddaruvala 6y ago
  What’s the incentive to innovate? Other smartphone companies are “innovating” with many failed attempts. Apple gets to avoid the failures, refine the feature and deliver successfully. “Playing catch up” isn’t an issue because Apple can bring any Android feature (hardware or software) to the iPhone in 2-3years. For example the Swipe keyboard. I needed to wait a few years to get it after I switched from Android to iPhone, but I didn’t mind too much. Meanwhile, thank goodness my phone doesn’t currently fold and break right now. I’m happy to have a folding phone when the tech is 10x better.

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> Apple no longer needs another Steve Jobs at the throne... Much as I respect Steve Jobs’ innovations, I tend to agree. As others have pointed out (though I ca

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GekkePrutser 6y ago
They're only an end point because Apple stopped innovating. Tim Cook is great as a process leader but he doesn't have an innovative vision. For all his personal flaws Steve Jobs was all about innovation and didn't mind risking the company to achieve it. Now Apple is in a stronger position than ever financially but it must the drive to innovate right now at any cost. It was really what made Apple great IMO.
- yazaddaruvala 6y ago
  What’s the incentive to innovate? Other smartphone companies are “innovating” with many failed attempts. Apple gets to avoid the failures, refine the feature and deliver successfully. “Playing catch up” isn’t an issue because Apple can bring any Android feature (hardware or software) to the iPhone in 2-3years. For example the Swipe keyboard. I needed to wait a few years to get it after I switched from Android to iPhone, but I didn’t mind too much. Meanwhile, thank goodness my phone doesn’t currently fold and break right now. I’m happy to have a folding phone when the tech is 10x better.