It's always easy to remember older times with rose tinted spectacles, but SJ was ruthless and did and said what he had to, to get that sale. Apple grew not necessarily because they were smart, it was because they point blank refused to shift their profit margins on products, something that still exists to this day.
Being humble enough to change one's mind is a sign on intelligenceHe's also on video saying no one wanted to watch video on the little screen of the original iPod... yet Apple released the iPod 5th generation that played video.
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Times change. Demands change.
As a starting point I would strongly encourage you to read his biography and see his stance on things like health insurance for same sex couples when he was running NeXT, and look back at product announcements Steve presented to see his stance on environmental issues (and there's a lot more if you look elsewhere too). He publicly cared about both.
Health, sure. But environment and other stuff? Meh, there would definitely be a lot less virtue signalling than the current Apple. Jobs' stance in "contributing to humanity" was by making the best products, not by doing humanitarian efforts.
Caring about both doesn’t mean he would be fore meaningless posturing and token hires. He would not care about your sexuality or skin color, only that your talented and good for the job.
You’re about 5 years too late with the apple is doomed meme. It’s true apple could implode, but it’s also true a meteor can hit the earth and wipe out life. It’s also true Microsoft can go under. It’s true anything can happen.
In 2008 Apple, under Jobs' leadership, denounced prop 8 and issued a statement saying they supported marriage equality, and donated $100000 to the campaign fighting the law. I don't see any difference between that and what they do now.
Apple have been on this course longer than 5 years.
5 years?!? I've been hearing that since the mid-90s.
That’s meaningful actions with no interest in public opinion or impact on income.
If your point is that most companies are just doing performative activism then I agree with you
Well they actually where months from bankruptcy before Microsoft invested some capital so yes they where doomed if Steve Jobs hadn’t returned and saved the company with drastic measures.5 years?!? I've been hearing that since the mid-90s.
Today in Apple history: CNN predicts doom for Apple
On March 13, 1997, CNN predicted doom for Apple, saying "the coffin door is closing." It's one of many "Apple doomed" predictions.www.cultofmac.com
Microsoft has become more consumer friendly how? By turning Windows 10 in spyware with all of the telemetry? I disagree with the bolded. Court cases didn't work out, so the government decided to create new legislation to regulate, something, imo, doesn't need regulation.
Compared to the Ballmer era, current Microsoft is better. Take macOS support. macOS support was abysmal during Ballmer. Under Satya, Microsoft is more keen to be platform agnostic, and support for macOS and iOS are leaps and bounds better than before. Add on Microsoft being "easier" in the activation stuff, current Microsoft is definitely more consumer friendly.
I’m sorry but not a single new legislation have been enacted against google. They have just fallen under good old traditional anti trust laws
Mostly a false narrative. This is probably the best explanation that I recall seeing. The biggest deal was Microsoft pedging to support Office for Mac for 5 years. That enabled the Mac to continue to co-exist in the business sector.
www.zdnet.com
Didn’t say such. Everyone know they where forced. It doesn’t change the fact it was well needed cash injection apple needed to survive .Mostly a false narrative. This is probably the best explanation that I recall seeing. The biggest deal was Microsoft pedging to support Office for Mac for 5 years. That enabled the Mac to continue to co-exist in the business sector.
(and back then I was still a Mac-user and was following Apple)
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Do you have some stats on what "more repairable" really means?
In the meatime according to this they are studying the issue. It's going to take years to act on it. By that time, Apple may have surpassed them. (whataboutism, I know)
xbox is not carried around and used the same way as a personal computer or phone. It can afford to be boxy and easy to open.
Don't know what this means.
Bravo for windows store, maybe Epic will see their vbucks for $0.
It's possible that the revenue model between Microsoft and Apple may be different. Of course when one talks about attack vectors and security, Microsofts' open model is correlated to the ease of attack vectors.
Does Microsoft provide all of the services that Apple does? You may argue some devs don't want those services, however, that is a platform decision one makes when giving Apple their $99.
Apple has SBS.
You can have it. IOS 16 is free.
What has this got to do with anything.
Only at the surface.
But they didn't need that cash; they had over $1.2B in the bank. That is not to say that there financials were going in the right direction; but cash was not the immediate issue. Sales were the issue. MacOS had a trivial footprint in a business environment dominated by Windows. And if Office support was removed, the Mac could not exist where all documentation was conducted in Word. The 5-yr Office support allowed the Mac to pivot and bought Apple time to create Pages (rather than AppleWorks).
