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The iPhone Was Once a Dumb Idea

• izacus 3y ago
  Yep, and Apple Ping, Apple Touchbar, Butterfly keyboard and Trashcan Mac were thought to be smart ideas. Most dumb sounding corporate ideas are Apple Ping, not iPhone.
  • olliej 3y ago
    This really is a thing people need to understand. The quip comes out from some new startup “everyone thought [success story] was dumb as well”, and portray that as a badge of guaranteed success rather than going “why are they wrong this time, generally they are not”.
• ZunarJ5 3y ago
  It's still a dumb, greedy idea unless your primary goal is acquiring capital. I bought an old iPad to upcycle and getting apps on it has been so much harder than it has any right to be.
  • lolsal 3y ago
    It was such a dumb idea that many folks decided to trade their capital for it, including you.
    • ZunarJ5 3y ago
      I literally got it for someone with dementia lmao.
• ciabattabread 3y ago
  Ah, another one of those business self-help articles that gives you recycled insight.