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Hybrid! That's what happens when you build new devices around old infra. Steve Jobs didn't design the iPhone around Carriers; it was the other way around.
by mandeepj 29d ago
Hybrid! That's what happens when you build new devices around old infra. Steve Jobs didn't design the iPhone around Carriers; it was the other way around.
- timbit42 28d agoSteve Jobs didn't have to deal with FAA safety requirements.
- panick21_ 28d agoControversial opinion I know but we should design things that can kill potentially 100s of people in the same way as consumers electronics.
- mandeepj 28d agoiPhone was used as an analogy and was not intended to draw direct parallels. A new approach required new thinking about everything involved, including takeoff and landing. They didn't do that; that's why they ended up with the compromise of a hybrid. It was a sign, and they ignored it and went ahead. Imagine a design that requires - no traditional landing and takeoff, including no ATC; some electric planes are already built around that, but sadly not this one.