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Apple is probably Apple because individuals in management believe that maintaining "good taste" is in their professional interest, above goals like boosting a q
by catach 4y ago
Apple is probably Apple because individuals in management believe that maintaining "good taste" is in their professional interest, above goals like boosting a quarter's revenue through any means possible.
That's not a simple switch you can flip on in an organization. Especially if you lack a culture that has a consensus view of what good taste even is.
- izacus 4y agoOn the other hand, I've been seeing ads across my Apple products as well (both macOS and iOS) so it's not like they're above enshittening their products for more revenue. They're just a bit behind the curve.
- whywhywhywhy 4y agoTaste was definitely more important to them in the past but since the "services" deluge you can see its started to deteriorate in ways that would be unthinkable 10-15 years ago. The amount of times I've had to click through an Apple Music offer to play the music on my device a year is getting absurd. Like really, you have outstanding hardware, great margins is it really worth deteriorating the experience in the hopes people will sign up to one of more of the 20 or so subscription services you now sell. They've even resorted to car industry-like subscribing to use hardware features on the chunky watch. End of the day its inevitable unless you have a product CEO at the helm with a strong vision, Apple no longer has that so the money graph will always win at the expense of experience.