If he doesn't subscribe to limiting technology, then why limit his nephew's access to it?He didn’t say exactly that, it’s a good paraphrase though. I think he said; “I don’t subscribe to it at all”.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42774368
If he doesn't subscribe to limiting technology, then why limit his nephew's access to it?He didn’t say exactly that, it’s a good paraphrase though. I think he said; “I don’t subscribe to it at all”.
Tim Cook doesn't subscribe to overuse of technology.If he doesn't subscribe to limiting technology, then why limit his nephew's access to it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42774368
Dealing with addiction-based sales tactics and other shortcomings with the argument "others do it too", is how kids react on being caught stealing and some adults driving through red light "because others do that too". Go after them on their websites instead of glossing over or gullibly following detestable behavior at MR.Unfortunately nothing more has been addressed in your post, except more deflection. Thanks.
Sorry this one is on the entire tech industry. Leading the way is Facebook. Every phone and computer manufacturer is part of this. Apple’s part of this is squarely on Steve for corporate hypocrisy. Tim is addressing this or at least discussing it. Pinning the corporate hypocrisy moniker JUST on Apple is halarious, when the entire industry is contributing. And you analogies are getting pretty funny, but not germane to the topic.Dealing with addiction-based sales tactics and other shortcomings with the argument "others do it too", is how kids react on being caught stealing and some adults driving through red light "because others do that too". Go after them on their websites instead of glossing over or gullibly following detestable behavior at MR.
Sorry this one is on the entire tech industry. Leading the way is Facebook. Every phone and computer manufacturer is part of this. Apple’s part of this is squarely on Steve for corporate hypocrisy. Tim is addressing this or at least discussing it. Pinning the corporate hypocrisy moniker JUST on Apple is halarious, when the entire industry is contributing. And you analogies are getting pretty funny, but not germane to the topic.
But ya interesting there are those who give Cook little or no credit while at the same time blaming him for the ills of Apple that he inherited.
Unfortunately deflections still abound.Your discussion technique seems rather opportunistic:
"Sorry this one is about the entire tech industry" => when it suits you, you generalize
"I just want to check what thread this is. Is it "the Steve Jobs turnover thread"? " => when it suits you better, you particularize
You pretend that mobile phone addiction (as well as some other unwanted side-effects) are things that were placed upon Apple/Cook - making them a more a subject to the matter than a causing actor.
That's wrong, because they're earning more from the AppStore games and apps than the entire film industry, and actively propell the whole phenomenon as part of their sales strategies.
For which they facilitate/use FaceBook, Twitter, SnapChat.
All their talk is just fluff until they really take action (which they could have done if it wouldn't cost them business)
And nobody forced Cook to succeed Jobs - he inherited that because he wanted it - including liabilities.
It remains to be seen what will happen. Until today, he only facilitated/fostered addiction and deserves no credit in this respect.
I expect a "usage management app" = > that works as a stoplap for complainers. That's his kind of tenure.
Unfortunately deflections still abound.
1. Phone addiction existed before cook.
2. Imo, the biggest addictive site is Facebook, platform independent.
3. Tim Cook acknowledged the issue and therefore automatic “corporate hypocrisy “ given he inherited this from Jobs.
4. Using words such as “opportunistic “ or “pretend” does not reduce that your post is still deflections.
5. That game writers, write such addictive cross-platform Games such as candy crush is not an Apple responsibility.
6. The amount of cash earned from the App Store is just another deflection.
7. That you don’t give Cook credit and yet blame him for jobs mistakes is conformational bias.
1. Cook did not have to turn down a job because he inherited a big problem from Jobs. Nor does he have to implement restrictions because there was acknowledgement of a problem.The real deflection (and common PR practice) is in dodging away from the consequences:
1. Phone addiction existed before cook
It was up to him to deny for the job, or either accept it and create restrictions on use, number of Appstore transactions, limit FaceBook/Twitter and alike. But he didn't, as he used it for maximum sales/profit, using fasion/addictive habituation and other mechanisms to the max in his race to become the largest platform in the world.
2. Imo, the biggest addictive site is Facebook, platform independent
Well, the Appstore is the biggest entertainment industry now. Which Cook both can/could have restricted/abandoned/temporised/warned for - which he didn't. Apple tried various social networks/places itself. Big companies that accelerate Apple business generally are facilitated and prioritised as key partners - even if they offend rules like Uber and get warned, while others get abandoned from the Appstore.
3. Tim Cook acknowledged the issue and therefore automatic “corporate hypocrisy “ given he inherited this from Jobs
Only after being confrontedby shareholders, when he was forced to acknowledge. Acknowledgment seems to have become a virtue by itself - generally using terms like "unintentional" to comfort the public.
4. Using words such as “opportunistic “ or “pretend” does not reduce that your post is still deflections.
Common words, that become an obstacle for you when revealing business tactics commonly considered non-ethical.
5. That game writers, write such addictive cross-platform Games such as candy crush is not an Apple responsibility.
They started it, largely profit from it and games were essential in accelerating their business. By now they are the biggest entertainment industry in the world for Apple alone.
Apple is in it until its neck (until the moment they decide to go into lumber or something..)
6. The amount of cash earned from the App Store is just another deflection.
Like everything that doesn't suit you because you're in denial. Realizing that this is the biggest entertainment industry in the world, it is key for the future of a new generation.
Calling that a deflection only says something about your dodging behavior
7. That you don’t give Cook credit and yet blame him for jobs mistakes is conformational bias.
I give Cook credit for creating the biggest company in the world.
For me, he shouldn't have done that because as a customer I was better off with the smaller Apple.
But I also have to hold him liable for side-effects and business tactics used (yes, also in other sectors but I leave that to other blogs) that he knew, he didn't reveal, and (mis-)used in my opinion, as it served only his company's but not the customers' purpose.
Whatever you believe of the respective CEOs mission, Cook is doing the job he thinks he should be doing. I'll give Cook a lot of leeway, because it's tough make up for the inherited ill's of Apple, of which this is one. Texting while behind the is another. Of course it was Cook who started using Foxconn to assemble iphones, right?Job's objective was to make the best products in the world, Cook's objective is to make the most money out of it. Indeed I have more sympathy for the former. Job's business model was less about economic exploitation with all the consequences, which preserved innovation and quality.
I am hardly impressed by PR narrowing perspectives, anyway.
Actually I despise half-truths. Have a good day.
1. Cook did not have to turn down a job because he inherited a big problem from Jobs. Nor does he have to implement restrictions because there was acknowledgement of a problem.
2. Saying the app store is the biggest entertainment industry is a deflection from the true problem of Facebook platform independent.
3. Confronted by shareholders, not quite. Was Zuckerberg confronted by shareholders for:
a. making the most addictive social platform in the world, or
b. removing the word privacy from the dicationary?
4. Verbally dismissing my points, doesn't make your conformational bias go away.
5. "They" didn't start anything. "They" offered a (more or less) secure platform for distribution of one's creative apps. Yes Apple profits from it (my portfolio is happy), as facebook profits from advertising. Can't ding apple for having a business model. Oh wait, some can.
6. Another deflection.
7. Yea! You gave Cook credit.
Whatever you believe of the respective CEOs mission, Cook is doing the job he thinks he should be doing. I'll give Cook a lot of leeway, because it's tough make up for the inherited ill's of Apple, of which this is one. Texting while behind the is another. Of course it was Cook who started using Foxconn to assemble iphones, right?
I'm with you on half truths. Have a great day.
You want to attempt to blame Cook for tech addition, a trend started by Jobs. This is not an apple problem. The rhetoric is a prime example of blame shifting. You haven't offered a clear definition of the problem at hand what solution that Apple, single-handedly, should solve and for who.Facebook's dependability implies that Apple could limit FaceBook - and not the other way.
If I could accomodate your intrinsic Cook-compassion and blame towards Facebook (before SnapChat, Twitter,...) by substituting them by Mr. CEO and The external Social Platform I would - but that does't solve anything - and is typically the name avoidance that their PR does - so why bother...
You still miss my point.You want to attempt to blame Cook for tech addition, a trend started by Jobs. This is not an apple problem. The rhetoric is a prime example of blame shifting. You haven't offered a clear definition of the problem at hand what solution that Apple, single-handedly, should solve and for who.
Because Tim Cook has stated he doesn't believe that tech should be overused, doesn't mean that someone else should ascribe to that philosophy. (As evidenced by people who post their minute by minute travails on Facebook.)
I don't agree with any of premises. Read on, I want to break this down.You still miss my point.
This has nothing to do the big social problem you just mentioned. As an aside, Tim was smart enough to know how to grow Apple as well as apply product/innovation to the line.Tech addiction indeed is a general problem (probably one of the largest social problems worldwide soon)
Many companies have institutionalized it, profit from it, use it and have become dependent on it.
Jobs indeed (merely) invented that model, but he had product innovation/quality priorities over maximizing volume. So he didn't exploit it to become market leader - as currently Cook does.
Do you have some verifiable information to prove this opinion. I'll speak for me, this is a false statement.People then used their idevices next to other hobbies => while now they use it instead.
You mean similar to what was happening to apple in 2011 when Jobs passed away? Jobs created this and Tim inherited a wildly successful company and smartly grew it.Currently Apple is say 50 times larger and has become addicted by itself to that addiction model because it chose to make itself dependent on the single product category that instigated it.
Its CEO (next to all the credits he receives) is responsible for that.
Cook doesn't have to change anything. This has nothing to do with the basic issue of tech addition.Now if Cook stated that tech shouldn't be overused, he has to change these basics: Apple's financial dependency on iDevice products and its business strategy, ecosystem and tactics.
Has nothing to do with the premise and more to do with "TC bashing".Meaning he must reinvent the largest company on the planet. Not being the greatest inventor/innovator/reformer, that will become a dauntin, if not impossible, task for him.
This is just another “internet opinion”. Cook can lead the company the way he wants to. Those who don’t like the way Apple is being run are eclipsed by those who do and buy the products. This is evidenced by the revenue and valuation.Until the moment he has accomplished that, his words remain empty phrases and if he doesn't even try, they are just hypocrisy.
What companies are those? Let's discuss.Now indeed, other companies also have to take their share of responsibility, but have less volume and impact.
I don't use facebook, I thought you might have. I would definitely friend you.Other than Apple, they're not market leaders, have less advanced ecosystems, sell less apps, and their contribution to habituation/addiction can be expected to be (comparatively) less.
Oh, and FaceBook can indeed be blamed for this - plus a myriad of different things.
But that does not exculpate Apple and doesn't benefit Cook, you or me.
Best idea is to post your suggestions on FaceBook, instead of just pointing at them, which is pretty cheap. Another advantage is you won't find me there![]()
Ahhh...so parents & FaceBook exclusively are the cause.But yes, it does excuse Apple, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Tmobile, Microsoft, ICANN, and every other regulatory agency and company in the world, except Facebook.
This begins at home and parents however, are not excused. So stop blaming apple for what parents (and adults) should and should not be doing.
You mean to say Apple, after Tim Cook became ceo, single-handedly is the root cause of the entire issue and Apple should be blamed for not curing cancer, stopping wars etc.Ahhh...so parents & FaceBook exclusively are the cause.
From that perspective, parents also are the causers of every form of unjustice, conflict and war (coincidentally disengaging the non-parenting T. Cook, who can do no wrong...)
Some ad-Homs always liven things up.Which is not "just an internet opinion" but a mere complete vision that I advise you to implement as a Minister of Education in the National Government.
I spent ample time to explain the concatenation of liabilities. Apple, sadly or not, is an integral part of it.You mean to say Apple, after Tim Cook became ceo, single-handedly is the root cause of the entire issue and Apple should be blamed for not curing cancer, stopping wars etc.![]()
Yes, you spent Ample time...I’ll give you that. However I don’t agree with your thought process/opinions/conclusions and therefore your entire premise. And I also believe you give Steve jobs too much credit and no liability for this issue while Tim Cook gets very little credit and all the liability. No, Steve doesn’t deserve as much credit and more of the liability and Tim deserves more credit and less of the liability.I spent ample time to explain the concatenation of liabilities. Apple, sadly or not, is an integral part of it.
He put boundaries on his Nephews use of social media?
Hopefully he means when his nephew is visiting and in his care otherwise that is the sole responsibility of his parents
Cook has done far and far better than any previous Steve successors (Amelio, Spindler, Sculley,....) and financially far better than Steve (or anyone on the planet...) but now he gets confronted with a few big (global) challenges.Yes, you spent Ample time...I’ll give you that. However I don’t agree with your thought process/opinions/conclusions and therefore your entire premise. And I also believe you give Steve jobs too much credit and no liability for this issue while Tim Cook gets very little credit and all the liability. No, Steve doesn’t deserve as much credit and more of the liability and Tim deserves more credit and less of the liability.
Cook will not “solve” this issue because it is not apple’s issue to solve(similar to texting behind the wheel). I do not believe he has to solve it, only educate about it(again similar to texting). He’s running a business where he has global business challenges to solve, and not resolve deep anti-social behaviors that are best left to psychological analysis. Fair to say the conversation is good, however and he will not be “dinged” by not solving this issue(other than you).Cook has done far and far better than any previous Steve successors (Amelio, Spindler, Sculley,....) and financially far better than Steve (or anyone on the planet...) but now he gets confronted with a few big (global) challenges.
Fair to say, he acknowledged this one (other than you) but I don't see him solving it.
We may agree about what probably will happen: at some point an "over-usage" control/switch will appear that may work for the good-willing, who are not very prone to the problem anyway...Cook will not “solve” this issue because it is not apple’s issue to solve(similar to texting behind the wheel). I do not believe he has to solve it, only educate about it(again similar to texting). He’s running a business where he has global business challenges to solve, and not resolve deep anti-social behaviors that are best left to psychological analysis. Fair to say the conversation is good, however and he will not be “dinged” by not solving this issue(other than you).
Sure, I can get behind this.More courageous would be to implement it as parental control