@mark @astromech @damien @arkaei THEY TOOK IT BEFORE YOU COULD PLAY WITH IT?!
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@damien They're a guilty pleasure of mine.

@damien @astromech Jobs was talking about the Sculley era at Apple. The "monopoly" position they had was with the Apple 2 (this video was shot in 1995). But agreed, I think Apple is doing just fine.

@damien @astromech I can't see how you can look at the modern DJ product industry and say that. There has been a TON of "downfall". A lot of companies that used to thrive and stimulate competition are gone. The category has been stagnant for ages. Key innovators have left the industry for other categories. The existing companies have become silos within the overall market and no one wants to work with anyone else. Personally, it's shittier than I've ever seen it.

@damien Generally agree, but I more blame everyone's desire to squeeze every last fucking penny from everything they do. Everyone is going too far now that we've opened up whole new areas of our lives to these opportunistic vultures. It used to be clear when you were being marketed to. Now with things going on like advertorials and manipulation of content to maximize income (or worse, to push a certain agenda) it's difficult to determine if it's marketing or real content.

@damien @mark I threw up an Amazon review for them, but it was on US site and the book isn't available yet.

@damien LUCK!

@damien Unless a proxy is being used...