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> which other consumer-facing tech company SONY. Apple really took Sony's playbook and ran with it, with the whole ecosystem play and strategy tax. Jobs famo
by makeitdouble 2y ago
> which other consumer-facing tech company
SONY.
Apple really took Sony's playbook and ran with it, with the whole ecosystem play and strategy tax. Jobs famously took inspiration from there, Sony lost to Apple on the music market though, and got toasted again on mobile phones, despite having been researching the market for so long.
- tim333 2y agoThey even basically copied the iPhone design off Sony https://es.pinterest.com/pin/78742693455593417/ https://es.pinterest.com/pin/78742693455593417/ And then freaked out when Android copied that off them which seemed a tad hypocritical.
- mannyv 2y agoUh, no.
- Terretta 2y agoThe original article instead of the Pinterest: https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone-design-inspiration-iphone-4-looked-old https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone... Note the date. Here is a later article: https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/30/3201162/apple-refutes-claim-they-cribbed-notes-from-sony-reveal-prototype https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/30/3201162/apple-refutes-cla... This is how court cases work. One side shows a gotcha thing, reporters repeat it, everyone forwards it. Then the other side refutes it, but that doesn't go viral. The judge decided this wasn't a thing.
- tim333 2y agoAh ok - I got that wrong then.