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The canonization of Steve Jobs as some sort of saint auteur is just freaking ridiculous. Apple has made missteps in the past, while Steve Jobs was alive. That
by knowtheory 14y ago
The canonization of Steve Jobs as some sort of saint auteur is just freaking ridiculous.
Apple has made missteps in the past, while Steve Jobs was alive. That Jobs was not around for this particular misstep isn't particularly interesting or relevant. The disappearance of Google Maps is a consequence of the breakdown of relations between Google and Apple, and that is not about Steve Jobs.
Making it about him is just stupid. Google has power over Apple in this case, and Apple is bearing the heat for it, Steve Jobs or no.
- mikeash 14y agoIt's baffling. The G4 cube, Motorola ROKR, retroactively downclocked Power Mac G4s, Mac OS X pinstripes... the man was behind some amazing stuff, but it's not like he was somehow immune to screwups.
- enraged_camel 14y agoYour argument is a gigantic strawman. Nobody has ever claimed that Steve Jobs was perfect and never made mistakes. People admire him because he was an amazing visionary whose product ideas revolutionized several industries.
- mikeash 14y agoPeople have been saying repeatedly that this maps problem would not have happened with Jobs at the helm. I can only conclude that they think he never screwed anything up, because why else would you say that? Do you know?