Remembering Steve Jobs, Who Passed Away 12 Years Ago Today

[Lioness~]

I really loved Steve, and the beginning of Apple etc.
It was nothing less than magic to be part of that.

But every year we are just reminded of…..the same, same stuff.
Apple is just like any multibillion company today- and I don’t like the CEO of it.
But yes, I still like my Apple stuff. But the magic, I find elsewhere.

Really tired of this nostalgia at this point, my life is NOW as well💥

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I wonder what Steve would have been like in today's era. Everyone says that Steve would have been like he was, but the technological landscape is constantly changing and it's not the same today as it was back then. I will say if he was still around the presentations would feel a lot more simple and intimate. He did have a way with public speaking that Tim Cook lacks.

 

[lee647]

His survival was a long shot for sure , but I wish he had a little more faith in western medicine when he was diagnosed. Imagine how disgusted and angry he would be with what apple has become in 2023.

exactly apple has gone downhill they literally just keep rehashing the same thing every year thats not what steve wanted he wanted something new and creative and for people to be excited about apple and its events

 

[lee647]

An incredible businessman and salesman, perhaps. But a terrible father, among other things.

he should of just stuck to being a businessman and never had a family some people are not meant to have families and just should stick to business life most CEOs should

 

[lee647]

So true and today's "Keynotes" wouldn't be a 2 hour infomercial with plastic Ken and Barbies touting the lates Emojis! Steve would have never permitted that tripe.

Lets not forget that while we was a true visionary , he was also a deeply flawed human being capable of cruelty and dismissal of others who he didn't respect.

Nevertheless, I miss his presence at Apple and his passion and vision pushing Apple forward. Apple misses that energy and creativity.

apple has no energy and creativity anymore since steve passed its now being run by pointless boring emotionless no passion liberal robots like ever other corporation is today

 

[mazz0]

Steve Jobs theatre… that doesn’t even get properly used anymore.

Seriously, the pandemic’s over - it’s time to go back to live, in-person announcement events.

 

[Powerguru]

We all were lucky to be alive at the same time as this great man. I want to say so much but then it will still not be enough. I would rather stop at this.

RIP.

 

[Lynxpoint]

I’m not a blubbering “miss Steve” kind of guy. People pass and that’s a fact of life.

But I gotta tell you, I really miss those keynotes he used to lead because he sure could get me excited about new Apple products. Even the couple that Apple had a hard time going live with. It was really something to hear an auditorium hoot and cheer him on and then for the finale…….

”Oh. One more thing!”

That brought the house down! Loved those words!

Now we watch these cringeworthy forced pre-produced stale toast events that everyone looks like they are miserable videoing.

The life of Apple truly left when Steve did.

Steve = exciting, exceptional, rewarding
'We have been a good company, mother nature' = just turn it off before I gag

 

[SamRyouji]

I think in hindsight what’s most interesting about him was his ability to ride the line between the often opposing interests of the company and of the customers, & more often than not manage to produce output that exceeded both of their expectations rather than end up with a disappointing compromise. As the stories have revealed in the last decade, some of those battles were epic. Pretty dang good at what he did.

My favorite computer ever, the 2010 17” MBP, is nicknamed the “Uncle Steve”. It still hums along running my household intranet & media server (w/ 16TB of int ssd storage!), and is the one I’ll grab when the house is on fire.

Would you mind share those links of the battle stories? I'd love to see/read it as well. 😊🙏

 

[gund1234]

Certainly an interesting character; a lot can be learned, particularly for me the illustrative influence of unwavering conjecture. His death marked the death of Apple and the birth of a very different company with the same name.

Jobs had huge influence on Apple, so once he left that's all gone now.
Their main ficus is to make money now.

 

[gund1234]

I often wonder how different Apple’s product lineup would look with Jobs still here. Would Apple have done larger phones? Steve was opposed, at least initially.

i am pretty sure Apple wouldn't be making 4 phones every year.
May be two.

 

[AlexJaye]

All we’ve gotten since then with Lil Timmy has been a $3,500 pair of glasses.

It just werks.

 

[gund1234]

We'd still be using 3.5" screen phones.

actually phone shouldn't be that large.
there is an iPad for that.
there are lot of disadvantages with large phone.
I can't even type with one hand on my 14 pro.

 

[gund1234]

He wasn't the greatest person, as has been discussed many times.

But he was able to lead the vision like no other. It was very evident in the immediate few years after he passed away, that his leadership was missing.

you can find fault with every single person that ever lived if you dig up.
all of us have our own issues.

 

[gund1234]

Not defending the way he treated his staff (it is unethical), but he did release the best out of his staff. Without his pushes, a lot of the innovations Apple came forth with in the Renaissance would've not happened.

he was better than Musk actually.
he didn't like the media attention.
he gave credit to employees.
Musk never gives credit to anyone else except himself.

 

[ThomasJL]

I have no idea why so many people on this forum highly praise both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook. Jobs was about making the most user-friendly products that served as the most effective tools for helping the common man in various life tasks. Jobs prioritized that over maximizing profits and pleasing shareholders. Cook is about cutting as many corners as possible, giving customers as little as possible, all while maximizing profits to astronomical levels and pleasing shareholders. How could anyone who values what Jobs valued ever highly praise someone like Cook?

 

[missingar]

I have no idea why so many people on this forum highly praise both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook. Jobs was about making the most user-friendly products that served as the most effective tools for helping the common man in various life tasks. Jobs prioritized that over maximizing profits and pleasing shareholders. Cook is about cutting as many corners as possible, giving customers as little as possible, all while maximizing profits to astronomical levels and pleasing shareholders. How could anyone who values what Jobs valued ever highly praise someone like Cook?

Jobs believed Tim was the man for the job and entrusted the company to him. I never thought Jobs was a god or exempt from criticism and I don’t think Tim is either. But I do think Tim has done a fantastic job running the modern era of Apple.

 

[Steve Ballmer]

Imagine how disgusted and angry he would be with what apple has become in 2023.

A company that is over $3 trillion in market cap and releasing products that continue to sell well year after year? He'd be disgusted by a company that is doing extremely well?

 

[vertsix]

A company that is over $3 trillion in market cap and releasing products that continue to sell well year after year? He'd be disgusted by a company that is doing extremely well?

That's a first coming from you, Steve.

 

[Steve Ballmer]

That's a first coming from you, Steve.

There's a first time for everything.

 

[ddhhddhh2]

A company that is over $3 trillion in market cap and releasing products that continue to sell well year after year? He'd be disgusted by a company that is doing extremely well?

This isn't that hard to grasp. We have no way of knowing how S.J. would view Apple today, but we also know that part of his responsibilities included being accountable to shareholders. However, there's much more to it than that. Instead of speculating on how he might assess Apple now, why don't we ask ourselves how we feel about Apple today? Do we still have the same passion, excitement, and enthusiasm as before? The answer is pretty clear.

 

[Steve Ballmer]

Do we still have the same passion, excitement, and enthusiasm as before?

I do, yes. I can't speak for anyone else. But that's because I never had much to begin with. I appreciated them for making good products. I don't care about them any more than I care about my phone company.

 

[picpicmac]

Religions grow out of myths.
Myths develop from legends.
Legends get planted and nurtured by hagiographies.

 

[FindingAvalon]

Talking **** about someone never elevates the person talking ****.

The only thing that’s s hitty here is your judge of character, fanboy.

 

[mrhick01]

Jobs believed Tim was the man for the job and entrusted the company to him. I never thought Jobs was a god or exempt from criticism and I don’t think Tim is either. But I do think Tim has done a fantastic job running the modern era of Apple.

There is a lot of nostalgia, strawmen, and wish-casting thrown around about two men (Jobs and Cook) that none of us here know (with maybe a few having interactions with them).

Jobs hired Cook in the first place, and then, Jobs picked Cook. Cook worked with Apple for 13 years before Jobs' death.

Cook isn't Jobs. Can't be, never could be. Scott Forstall (for example, a person that some forum members believe should have replaced Jobs after his illness retirement) has been gone for years, and there are no guarantees that had/has the business acumen that Jobs learned, after failure and experience.

In my opinion, it's unreasonable to expect a successor to be a carbon-copy visionary of a singularly charismatic CEO. Different life experiences, different skill sets.