Because those two industries aren't successful without Apple's push....
Did they INVENT the rounded rectangle? No....was the smartphone a successful product before Apple? No. Same with the tablet. Now look at how ubiquitous they are.
To a certain extent, he's overstating - but not nearly as much as some people try to claim. Fact of the matter is, the iPhone and iPad have dramatically changed personal and mobile computing. Despite the fact those form factors existed before Apple, they weren't successful until after Apple.
not claiming they weren't widely succesful or influential at making these form factors easily accessible and something that lots of people wanted.
But they didnt invent either product category. Smartphones did exist before. Tablets did exist before.
I hate schiller. Everytime I read something form him, it's full of misleading FUD like that. He could very easily have said "products that changed the markets" and i wouldn't have even questioned it. But when he claims that they invented these markets, it's purely that Reality distortion field. And sadly when people in positions of Power make comments like this, People, especially HERE will repeat it as fact, isntead of bothering to look up the facts on what was happening around Apple before and after.
I hate the argument as well that is used "it wasn't succesfull till apple did it, therefore you might as well say Apple invented it"...
No, just no. Being succesful doesn't mean you're the best, nor the first. it just means you have something that lots of people want. That is good. And good on Apple for creating many products that completely kicked several markets into fast forward. But they still did not invent either market. Both existed fully before Apple got involved.