Wow, this is really rather Meta
An article talking about commenters who commented on other articles?
I do take issue with being flatly labeled a critic of Tim Cook.
He has done many things I very much like and many things I do not like.
It’s much more on a spectrum as opposed to the binary that is being laid out here.
Yes, and we are now commenting about comments....
Ive never really understood the hate for Tim. Hate? really?
Hes objectively done great things for the business of Apple - and profits are the literal bottom line and the company has more than thrived under him.
For people that bemoan innovation? Cook took over when the iPhone and iPad were on the rise. You cant argue that they havent continued to do well.
You also cant argue the Apple Watch hasn't been a huge success under Tim.
People seem to think that Tim is somehow responsible for the inevitable plateau of design and form. Until the fold appears theres been nowhere else to go with iPhones apart from power and cameras and thinness.... were people expecting Tim to oversee the first triangular shaped phone perhaps?
John will have his work cut out for him if some of the Tim moaners dont have more realistic expectations from a tech company thats there primarily to make a profit.
Like it or not, under John the iPhone will continue to be a rectangular slab.... hes not suddenly going to come out with holographic 3D displays that interface with your brain via neural links....
Technology will continue to iterate and occasionally innovate but Apple will always want to appeal to the masses.
John must be careful not to make things too expensive - the fold will probably be out of many peoples reach as has been well and truly proven with the Vision Pro. it doesnt matter how good something is even if the use case is rather thin ... if people cant afford it they wont buy it.
