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Steve Jobs on the App Store in 2008: 'We Didn't Expect It to Be This Big'
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Putting aside the fact Steve actually created the company; Steve Jobs took a bankrupt company and made it one of the most important companies on the planet, while cook just 'inherited' an enormous, prestigious, trend-setter, well positioned company (mostly thanks to Jobs) and just grew it bigger. Who's the better CEO?
The thing about Jobs was that he could disarm you with his honesty, whilst others try to tell you what you want to hear. Jobs was refreshing, was unpredictable, he caught your attention, pulled you in. He had a mantra.
Lol, didn’t a couple people end up actually buying it before it was pulled?Remember the "I Am Rich" app, which did nothing but was priced at $999.99? Good times.
I disagree. I think it was deliberate misinformation.
There’s no way Apple developed the entire App Store in the short space between the quote you mention and the release of the App Store.
Jobs was a true marketing and sales genius, as well as a brilliant businessman. He also knew how to make people think what he wanted them to think.
The App Store has revolutionised the software industry.
There’s no way Apple developed the entire App Store in the short space between the quote you mention and the release of the App Store.
Jobs was a true marketing and sales genius, as well as a brilliant businessman. He also knew how to make people think what he wanted them to think.
The App Store has revolutionised the software industry.
It was actually a good thing for Apple to dismiss Steve Jobs way back. That opened the door for him to start NeXT and bring in all that C++ and WebObjects with it when he came back and NeXT laid the groundworks for OS X. If Steve stayed on and never left, Apple might be history or owned by MS by now and the product lineup still be beige and we would all still be using flip phones.
That doesn’t detract from his brilliance, passion and vision. He was as close to perfectionism as one can get. I miss him dearly.
It would be fun to reread forum postings from that era, from Apple followers arguing that third parties should not be allowed to create native iPhone applications. Most likely because that's what Apple said at the time, so those posters must follow. And when Apple's position changes, so do the poster's arguments.
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I think he meant, "I didn't expect it to be that big." He was very cautious about the whole project. He insisted on the tight controls.
Irrefutable given he made $1 a year.
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(BTW, I am not the poster saying Cook is terrible - I don't think he is terrible.) IMO, the main issue Tim has based on what's happened with Apple's products is unlike Steve, he's not an actual user. So he can't make judgement calls of what makes a good product and instead delegates. Then it's up to the VPs to decide what makes a good product (or "marketing", like Apple now asking professionals what they want). That's fairly typical for companies, but for special companies the CEO actually knows himself what makes a good product.
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I reiterate that we should feel blessed and privileged that our lifetimes overlapped with his. Future generations will only be able to read or watch his genius. We got to live it.
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Still is.
He demanded things of his people that Cook can't and won't. Innovation has stagnated because of this.
i chose my phone (se) based on SIZE and weight, NOT software. i could not find something as light and slim as the iphone se in the android marketplace.
Well I know many not going to believe what I’m saying but around early 2010 I was dating this guy who worked on the first iPhone and he said the App Store was ready for iPhone 2G but the upper management decided to delay the release until the next iPhone. He was never given a clear reason why but maybe this explains it.
I hated the very idea of it when it was first introduced. Sounded like a useless middle man and and just more "Nannying".
I was wrong.
I see the value of it now in creating standards and helping protect us from "wild west" downloads full of spyware, viruses, trojans, etc. And there is the convenience of one stop shopping for Apps.
As usual, Jobs was right most of the time.
I was wrong.
I see the value of it now in creating standards and helping protect us from "wild west" downloads full of spyware, viruses, trojans, etc. And there is the convenience of one stop shopping for Apps.
As usual, Jobs was right most of the time.
Hi, I haven’t subscribed to the Wall Street, and I would really love to read it, is there anyway I can read it? Or listen to the audio?
Truth be told, in 20 years from now, they will not be filming biopics of Tim Cook's life. Apologies, but the guy is not that interesting. Tim has helped Apple make a lot of money, but they are no longer the "Think Different" company.
Cool. Now where is the App Store for HomePod?
Even the lowly Apple TV has third-party apps now, so you'd think a sophisticated machine like HomePod would have a way for developers to hook into its capabilities.
Even the lowly Apple TV has third-party apps now, so you'd think a sophisticated machine like HomePod would have a way for developers to hook into its capabilities.
Steve Jobs certainly wasn’t prefect and Tim Cook may very well be a good CEO, but that statement is just asinine.
Things not said from the mausoleum of Steve Jobs:
"We had no idea when we launched the store, the 30% Apple cash grab from developers would be so fruitful... otherwise we would have made it 40!"
I'm curious. What apps would be able to be on HomePod? I guess Amazon Music and Google Music but I'm not sure what else.