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Tesla Design Chief on Apple Products: 'There's Nothing to Look Forward To'
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and compare that to tesla's growth in the past 10 years? apple isn't anywhere near tesla.
The fascist dog money king thinks he is going to be having dancing fake robots with human brain implants that self drive rocket cars to fantasy Mars colonies where hair implants will be grown for him.
That’s visionary!
I do miss Apple being first. These days it feels like Apple is churning out the Apple version of another company's innovation.
“There is no purpose to it, and I should know because I use it and find it useful.”
Ironically it was years after he left Mazda in 2008 that Mazda began producing some of the best looking cars in the industry. I guess this explains why Teslas look like rehashes of the 2009 Mazda6.
Realistically, it's an iMac with a beefed up iPhone chip in it. You know, the chip series that's up to version 15 now. The one that Steve Jobs was responsible for, may that genius rest in peace. Apart from that innovation, that Steve thought of quite a while back, Tesla are pretty much right. And Apple's software, especially macOS, the heart of the iMac, continues to have disheartening, negative innovation year after year, as more and more bugs are introduced, and more and more useful features and options are removed, with every new release. And when you buy a new Mac, you are forced to use only the newest macOS release, chock full to the brim with all those lovely new bugs.
Pretty rich coming from a company that hasn’t substantially changed their cars since release.
Seriously? All of the things AW does, but he hasn't found any other purpose?..
Exactly this. What he says is true, but Tesla are guilty of the same thing. They release a product then refine, keeping the same overall design.
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I have a feeling Apple and Tesla will never get along at this point.
Calling these “facts” doesn’t make them facts. All 3 are your (ver subjective) opinions. Here are some of mine:
1. Ignoring the electric aspect, Tesla is pretty innovative when it comes to the car interior user experience compared to incumbent car makers. Not everything pan out but I like their minimalist designs. Their safety focus is a big plus as well and even among EVs it stands out. That said, fit and finish is still terrible and their service times still need a lot of work.
2. In areas where EV benefits already dried up Tesla is still seeing pretty strong sales. Their direct to consumer sales model is a big improvement over the dealership model and since Tesla is still considered an aspirational brand consumers are typically willing to pay a little more. At this point demand is still outstripping supply by quite a bit.
3. Elon Musk makes questionable decisions and comments but he is product person who is deeply involved in the R&D and who is capable of getting people really excited about the things he sells. Tim Cook isn’t a product person but he has done really well entrenching Apple’s manufacturing, distribution and sales network in strong positions around the world. Apple and Tesla are in different stages of growth, and it’s not that useful to compare the CEOs.
🤣 I just want to point out to that simple charging mattress, or however Apple called it.
Are you really trying to compare the production of a whole car(stuff that matters) with lifestyle crap? 🤣
Btw, the same guy invented SpaceX(stuff that matters even more).
At least Apple delivers a high quality product to their customers unlike many of the Tesla's that have build quality and attention to detail about on par with a Yugo.
And how exactly are Telsas not exactly the same thing? Their only strongly differentiated product (the CyberTruck) is probably only going to ship in like 2028 at this point, and everything else is just an incremental update to the previous one.
I guess there's a couple ways to look at it.. The smaller way is with iPhones, iPads, and Macs. And sure, I can see his point in a way but this is by necessity. These are all established as the best in their respective classes. The best phone, the best tablet, and the best computers. So small aesthetic things are gong to change but not enough that people don't get the function they're expecting. I love that Apple is putting colour back in. The latest iMac is the best I've felt about Apple's design in a LONG time. I think the new MacBook Air is going to be a HUGE seller, if it's based off the design language of the iMac. I was also getting tired of the aluminum/metal industrial look across all of Apple's devices.
The larger way to look at it is that Apple haven't introduced an entirely new class of device in a while (since the AppleWatch). And I'd say there, we have a lot more to look forward to – and far more unknowns. These aren't rectangles. The mixed reality headset is the biggest one and their car is the other. Those are 2 products over the next 10 years (probably). These are THE things to look forward to, as far as design goes. Entirely new form factors and new methods of interacting.
I wouldn't dismiss what this person from Tesla has done. The Tesla cars are competently designed and owners LOVE them. They love them in a way that few brands have ever achieved. And the Cybertruck was an incredibly brave design that a lot of people are excited about. It's not my cup of tea, but it's definitely grown on me. I'm not as allergic to the design as I was, though it's still not *my* aesthetic.
All in all, I'd chalk this up to trash talking. They'd prefer all the hotshot new industrial designers apply to Tesla instead of Apple.
The larger way to look at it is that Apple haven't introduced an entirely new class of device in a while (since the AppleWatch). And I'd say there, we have a lot more to look forward to – and far more unknowns. These aren't rectangles. The mixed reality headset is the biggest one and their car is the other. Those are 2 products over the next 10 years (probably). These are THE things to look forward to, as far as design goes. Entirely new form factors and new methods of interacting.
I wouldn't dismiss what this person from Tesla has done. The Tesla cars are competently designed and owners LOVE them. They love them in a way that few brands have ever achieved. And the Cybertruck was an incredibly brave design that a lot of people are excited about. It's not my cup of tea, but it's definitely grown on me. I'm not as allergic to the design as I was, though it's still not *my* aesthetic.
All in all, I'd chalk this up to trash talking. They'd prefer all the hotshot new industrial designers apply to Tesla instead of Apple.
At least Tesla customers have FSD to look forward to... I totally agree. Tim is an operator, not an innovator. That's not to crap on Tim, under his control Apple has become the most valuable company in the world. But it's not the market leader in innovation. Sure, the AR/VR stuff is going to be cool, and the Apple Car could be great, but Apple has changed from the crazy innovation shop it was under Steve to the crazy efficiency shop it is under Tim.
They are just angry because of all the competition is stealing their marketplace so they shoot barbs at other companies doing extremely well.
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