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This "contributions" you're talking about someone elsewhere would have done it, and we can just imagine how better the world would be if those contributions wou
by animanoir 5y ago
This "contributions" you're talking about someone elsewhere would have done it, and we can just imagine how better the world would be if those contributions would be for the benefit of the world and not for a company.
- zamalek 5y agoAnd even if someone else had made these "contributions," the nature of the them is dubious at best. The world is not a better place because of a phone, or a laptop, or a desktop. His one and only innovation was the ability to say "no." "No" to superfluous features, and "no" to tracking. That is a rare quality, but hardly unique. Apple (under his leadership) even attempted to trademark ideas that were not their own.[1] It is very worrying that society continues to fawn over this greedy man, while quickly forgetting those who made genuine contributions.[2] [1]: https://lizerbramlaw.com/2011/10/12/apples-multi-touch-and-the-descriptive-trademark-issue/ https://lizerbramlaw.com/2011/10/12/apples-multi-touch-and-t... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_English_(computer_engineer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_English_(computer_enginee...
- animanoir 5y agoThanks for the links! And completely agree. That's what the media creates, and empty world full of false heroes.