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Lot of people are quick to praise Steve Jobs. Tim Cook became CEO when Apple had a $364.4 billion market cap. Soon that market cap will be 10x! Greatest CEO o

by r0fl 3y ago

Lot of people are quick to praise Steve Jobs. Tim Cook became CEO when Apple had a $364.4 billion market cap. Soon that market cap will be 10x! Greatest CEO of our generation.

lapcat 3y ago
Most of Apple's revenue still comes from products developed before Cook became CEO: https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/financials-2023-5-4-1-1.png?ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/f... Note that "Services" revenue includes App Store and AppleCare, among other various items (I think also Google's search deal with Safari). It's very easy to score if you start running halfway between 3rd base and home plate. The other thing is that "wearables" wouldn't be nearly as successful without the preexisting Apple ecosystem of iPhone and Mac. There's a reason Apple removed the headphone jack from iPhone, and it wasn't "courage", it was "cash". ;-)
bluedino 3y ago
It wasn't long after Tim Cook took over that I started liking Macs less and less with every new model.
oblio 3y ago
Market cap is overrated. Product-market fit is the real killer deal. Cook didn't really find any major product-market fits, except for Airbuds, and even those I imagine were a longer term vision.
- r0fl 3y ago
  Apple Watch came out in the Tim Cook era
kitsunesoba 3y ago
Jobs was a lot more charismatic and had a much more massive presence on the stage and in the public eye, which goes a long way. He was also much more of a product guy, and I think more people can resonate with that better than they can with Cook as a logistics guy.
- Simulacra 3y ago
  I miss Steve. A real bastard of a man but nobody could create products, and point out the flaws in a product, better than him. Absolute genius. I think Apple has suffered with its innovation since Steve died because there is no one left that great to say "no" to a product, or feature. Tim Cook might be a good businessman but he is not a product innovator, and that's Apple's biggest problem right now.
  - alphabettsy 3y ago
    Maybe so, but I feel users are getting more of what they’re asking for these days. Bringing back ports on the MacBook Pros and not going for ultimate thinness. The changes in iOS/iPadOS that make it more useful as a standalone device.
- tap-snap-or-nap 3y ago
  Jobs also seem to have tighter control of the company and what it engineered even if it meant somewhat displeasing the financiers, marketing to some degree.

by r0fl 3y ago

Lot of people are quick to praise Steve Jobs. Tim Cook became CEO when Apple had a $364.4 billion market cap. Soon that market cap will be 10x! Greatest CEO of our generation.

lapcat 3y ago

Most of Apple's revenue still comes from products developed before Cook became CEO: https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/financials-2023-5-4-1-1.png?ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/f... Note that "Services" revenue includes App Store and AppleCare, among other various items (I think also Google's search deal with Safari). It's very easy to score if you start running halfway between 3rd base and home plate. The other thing is that "wearables" wouldn't be nearly as successful without the preexisting Apple ecosystem of iPhone and Mac. There's a reason Apple removed the headphone jack from iPhone, and it wasn't "courage", it was "cash". ;-)

bluedino 3y ago

It wasn't long after Tim Cook took over that I started liking Macs less and less with every new model.

oblio 3y ago

Market cap is overrated. Product-market fit is the real killer deal. Cook didn't really find any major product-market fits, except for Airbuds, and even those I imagine were a longer term vision.

r0fl 3y ago
Apple Watch came out in the Tim Cook era

kitsunesoba 3y ago

Jobs was a lot more charismatic and had a much more massive presence on the stage and in the public eye, which goes a long way. He was also much more of a product guy, and I think more people can resonate with that better than they can with Cook as a logistics guy.

Simulacra 3y ago
I miss Steve. A real bastard of a man but nobody could create products, and point out the flaws in a product, better than him. Absolute genius. I think Apple has suffered with its innovation since Steve died because there is no one left that great to say "no" to a product, or feature. Tim Cook might be a good businessman but he is not a product innovator, and that's Apple's biggest problem right now.
- alphabettsy 3y ago
  Maybe so, but I feel users are getting more of what they’re asking for these days. Bringing back ports on the MacBook Pros and not going for ultimate thinness. The changes in iOS/iPadOS that make it more useful as a standalone device.
tap-snap-or-nap 3y ago
Jobs also seem to have tighter control of the company and what it engineered even if it meant somewhat displeasing the financiers, marketing to some degree.