RE: https://mastodon.scot/@mattgemmell/115996329653867959
Great writeup. I think people just need go start accepting that the company they loved doesn’t exist anymore.
its like with the Ship of Theseus. If you replace all the parts (the people), is it still the same ship?
@obrhoff @marcoarment @mattgemmell Agree 100%. Well written piece and accurately sums it up. The root of this,imo, is that Apple is listed on the Stock Market. All decisions under Tim have been to pander to stock prices.
Apple needs to go private so that its decisions are only based on its core value: make a dent in the universe. That’s what it’s supposed to be doing. Irrespective of stock prices or anything else. Just make insanely great products and services.
Tim turned Apple into IBM.
@obrhoff @marcoarment @mattgemmell But even though Tim is the face of that, imo the root cause that caused him to drive in this direction is Stock Price.
That’s why we get the same iPhone for 5 years: using the same parts with no new tooling and minimal R&D results in higher profit margin. Which leads to higher stock value.
Tim doesn’t think about innovation nor does he inspire it. It’s is he who put the breaks on Siri development for example. Stock value is his only waking thought.
@obrhoff @marcoarment @mattgemmell Liquid Glass is just the final straw in a long line of failings at Apple.
Take the iMac for example. Once upon a time it was THE defining iconic Apple product. Only Apple had an all-in-one as beautiful and renowned. And loved.
But they let it languish and the best they can do is new colours. wtf??? The old silver iMacs looked way better. These new ones are ugly as f. How do you destroy an icon?
They almost did the same to the MacBook until the backlash.
obrhoff
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