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It’s always weird when public figures (who are not engineers) try to develop sophisticated physical products. Of course it’s going to be terrible. It’s like i
by teddyh 4y ago
It’s always weird when public figures (who are not engineers) try to develop sophisticated physical products. Of course it’s going to be terrible. It’s like if Google would, I don’t know, make an action movie. Or if, say, the Dalai Lama would launch his own brand of cars. It’s not what they do.
- MaxDPS 4y agoThat’s not what happened here. Kanye essentially worked with an engineering company that specializes in these kinds of products.
- teddyh 4y agoBut as he is not an engineer himself, he does not know how to pick a good engineering company, nor how to evaluate their progress, or the end result.
- elcomet 4y agoWhat ? Kanye West is not developping the apps himself, he is just giving money and maybe the ideas. I don't see why it should be terrible. And it's not what they do until it is. Amazon is making some decent movies and series.
- sneak 4y agoBecause software isn't something that you can just buy off the shelf given enough money, otherwise Bill Gates would have been Apple. It also requires taste and vision, two things that Kanye West utterly lacks.
- pcbro141 4y agoHe's literally a multi-billionaire from his taste and vision (Yeezy fashion, music production).
- sneak 4y agoI don't think his success in business is in any way whatsoever supportive of your claim. McDonalds also has billions in revenue; does that make it great food? Popularity and quality are orthogonal.
- skavi 4y agoGiven popular reception isn't enough to indicate good taste and vision, what about critical reception? Kanye's music, particularly from before the last few years, has been well reviewed by critics. His shoes were popular among "sneaker heads", or people for whom sneakers are a hobby.
- fragmede 4y agoYou mean like Beats by Dre, who is also not an engineer, which was so terrible that Apple bought them for $3 Billion?
- thomasfortes 4y agoIsn't Beats by Dre considered not top of the line when it comes to sound quality and more like a fashion brand? I'm not saying that they are bad, just that they aren't at the same level as brands like bose and sennheiser which are way less focused on celebrities branding.
- fragmede 4y agoThe same level as Bose? The company famous for simply turning up the bass? Now they're used as an example of quality? How times change!
- thomasfortes 4y agoHear the same thing about beats, too much bass. Anyway, the point still stands, Beats is considered a fashion brand, it was used by athletes all around the world a couple years ago, now athletes are all in on apple airpods and it's been a while since I've seen someone talking about buying a beats.
- blain_the_train 4y agoyes, which is why i just but Sennheiser, because it's clear they really care about the music.
- willcipriano 4y agoHiFiMAN is where it's at.
- drcongo 4y agoBeats are absolute dogshit for sound quality. So, yes.