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>when a multinational corporation is looking at the prospect of possibly losing billions of dollars in zero-effort recurring profit. I also think these sort of

>when a multinational corporation is looking at the prospect of possibly losing billions of dollars in zero-effort recurring profit. I also think these sort of behaviors are damaging their brand, which is certainly Apple's most valuable asset - which is to say that I think they're acting in an irrational way, because of the amount of money at stake. Being a Mac user since the 90's, it is unfortunate what Apple has become. However, this is often happens when a charismatic leader leaves the company (in one way or another). From what is seen in the the process of how so many startup at YC went from little company to transnational corporation, and what people's reaction to them have changed over the course of the year as well as the influence of funding and corporate culture has on a company are also very telling. Now days I'm sticking to linx BSD F-Droid for personal stuff even though they are not as user friendly in the UI aspect.

addicted 3y ago
It has little to do with a charismatic leader. If you don’t think Jobs would have been worse then let’s not forget Jobs wasn’t even in favor of the App Store in the first place. It has everything to do with when a company is an outsider it tries to be consumer friendly, but then when it becomes the dominant player then it adopts all the characteristics all dominant players do of trying to attract as much rent from their business as they can, users be damned.
crazygringo 3y ago
> However, this is often happens when a charismatic leader leaves the company This has absolutely nothing to do with a charismatic leader or founder. Steve Jobs was notoriously the most hard-ass negotiator you'd ever meet. The way Apple is dealing with the EU here is probably exactly how he would have done it, or maybe he might have been even worse. He created incredibly user-friendly machines, but in the business world he was incredibly ruthless.
- trinsic2 3y ago
  And you can kind of see this in the their culture. Everything is, our way, or the highway. I feel bad for people that have to work in that poisonous environment. When you come from a place of "We have all the right answers and your views don't matter" like how Steve Jobs operated, you can see the harm that mind set is causing in the world today.

addicted 3y ago

It has little to do with a charismatic leader. If you don’t think Jobs would have been worse then let’s not forget Jobs wasn’t even in favor of the App Store in the first place. It has everything to do with when a company is an outsider it tries to be consumer friendly, but then when it becomes the dominant player then it adopts all the characteristics all dominant players do of trying to attract as much rent from their business as they can, users be damned.

crazygringo 3y ago

> However, this is often happens when a charismatic leader leaves the company This has absolutely nothing to do with a charismatic leader or founder. Steve Jobs was notoriously the most hard-ass negotiator you'd ever meet. The way Apple is dealing with the EU here is probably exactly how he would have done it, or maybe he might have been even worse. He created incredibly user-friendly machines, but in the business world he was incredibly ruthless.

trinsic2 3y ago
And you can kind of see this in the their culture. Everything is, our way, or the highway. I feel bad for people that have to work in that poisonous environment. When you come from a place of "We have all the right answers and your views don't matter" like how Steve Jobs operated, you can see the harm that mind set is causing in the world today.