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> I think Tim Cook took Steve Job's vision and really took it to the moon. I vehemently disagree with this. I think Cook's logistics and business-focused goals
by dvt 6mo ago
> I think Tim Cook took Steve Job's vision and really took it to the moon.
I vehemently disagree with this. I think Cook's logistics and business-focused goals are, if not diametrically opposed to Job's product obsession, at the very least orthogonal to it. Almost everything about Apple the product, over the past 15 years, has either coasted (e.g. stayed at par with the rest of the industry) or gotten worse. The one exception is arguably Apple Silicon (and I'm sure their board is acutely aware of it).
- atonse 6mo agoExcept we can’t discount the fact that Jobs chose Cook as his successor. So there’s something Jobs clearly saw there, past being “diametrically opposed” to Jobs’ product obsession. Maybe Jobs felt there were enough product people.
- SkyPuncher 6mo agoI find this critique extremely odd. Sure, Apple isn't perfect, but literally every thing they do is top tier in the category they enter. I started writing out a list of Apple's products and it was simply [x device] in [y category] is either the best or consistently rated in the top of that category.
- rolisz 6mo agoMacOS sucks. I can't wait for the day Asahi Linux is good enough so that I can bail on it. Safari, a web browser, randomly stops being able to connect to the Internet (other apps can).
- richwater 6mo agoMacOS sucks but everything else sucks harder. Linux is still nowhere close to being good enough for the average consumer in regards to simplicity regardless of how much gaslighting the community pushes.
- rrvsh 6mo agoIt's not gaslighting; you're not the average consumer by the simple fact that you know what HN is. My 12 year old cousins havE daily driven ElementaryOS for a year
- rolisz 6mo agoLinux sucks in a way that is more controllable by me. I have run Arch Linux as my daily driver for 4-5 years. But I can't on a MacBook, which has the nicest hardware
- VirusNewbie 6mo agoAirpods? They make more than most SaaS decacorns. How can you not credit that as a massive success that came out of nowhere?
- steve_taylor 6mo agoIt's a stealth subscription product. People are losing those things all the time.
- suprfnk 6mo agoAnd if not losing, the battery dies in 2-3 years, so you'll have to buy new anyway.
- aqme28 6mo agoEh, mine are four years old and still going strong. Battery still lasts longer than I need it to.
- carlosjobim 6mo agoLike all other bluetooth in-ear phones.
- ezst 6mo agoYes, what about airpods? Little reason to buy them if you are not in the Apple ecosystem, and if you are, and you are a careful buyer, you'll probably settle with other brands which are technically ahead (in either of build, sound or ANR quality, or all, Apple being on the Pareto front of neither). I'm not dismissing the marketing forces behind airpods selling by the millions as a "status symbol", but that's very much a "high cost of living country" thing, Apple is inexistent elsewhere, which is most places.
- Kirby64 6mo ago> you'll probably settle with other brands which are technically ahead (in either of build, sound or ANR quality, or all, Apple being on the Pareto front of neither) Like what? In the true wireless camp, the Sony's are much less comfortable (and more expensive), the Bose are not as good (and more expensive)... There's cheaper options, sure, but you're sacrificing build, ANC, battery life, etc.
- thenakulchawla 6mo agoIn Steve Jobs biography, I read that he was obsessed with the factory they built to mass produce devices. I think he was in some way also obsessed with logistics of how things were made, and Tim Cook came in and not only helped Apple but also helped transform the global supply chain. I also think most products apple makes are in the top tier of their respective category, if not the best.