What’s the point of grilling anyone in an interview? Retribution?
I’d rather have a human conversation with any interview subject. Not for the purposes of the pitch forks.
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I’d rather have a human conversation with any interview subject. Not for the purposes of the pitch forks.
Article was a good read. Apple's focus on privacy is well appreciated.
Multibillion dollar companies don’t have to explain their motives and actions to politicians, let alone journalists. That’s why we need more government, not less: so we can have good legislation -and make everyone accountable.
Yet, Apple is still one of the few multibillion dollar companies that still has some core values and mission that goes beyond “let’s get more money no matter what”.
That’s not true at all. You only believe that because you drank the Kool-Aid. Apple is no different than any other average company. They aren’t good and they aren’t evil.
Who is this we? A minority of MR posters who either don’t like Tim or don’t like the job Tim does?
Using this logic one could say your point of view is because you are an asperser of Apple.
That’s exactly how I view him. He reminds me of a lizard.
Actually I like Apple a lot. Always have since the days of the Apple II. That’s why I use their products. I think they have very good engineers there. But that doesn’t mean I need to drink down all the ******** of their CEO and senior management and believe my preference is part of some grand epic storyline of good vs evil.
Your view is no more valid or invalid than the op you quoted. And your view of management is your opinion as the ops view you quoted is the ops view. Op didn’t drink the “kool aid” and you like their products. You don’t have to be a fan of apple management but people who are, aren’t drinking “kook aid”.
Not a bad article. Some good info.
As for Tim, I just wish he would stay out of politics.
As for Apple under Tim. the dollar has replaced innovation. Not a bad thing however at some point innovation needs to come back.
As for Tim, I just wish he would stay out of politics.
As for Apple under Tim. the dollar has replaced innovation. Not a bad thing however at some point innovation needs to come back.
“claiming something is impossible is a driving force of motivation for Apple engineers” - Hurry up and release AirPower then please 😌
Well said! Apple is NOT perfect. They weren't perfect under the all mighty Steve Jobs either. Lots of armchair CEOs in here that's for sure. Feels like I'm on a random Android forum at times?A few have very light beards.
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Yeah it’s typical here. Everyone wants a brand new product every time. They need to criticise because they’re not capable of accepting all the good things Apple do.
Apple has revolutionised the phone, the watch. There is only one real tablet. No one else integrates a watch with fitness like Apple has. They started a new paradigm with the M series chips. They make their products look great. (subjective I know), but who else does an aluminium laptop like Apple. Most are plastic crap. Everyone copies Apple. If Apple made a foldable phone like Samsung, they’d be toasted over it. Class leader in Touch pad, speakers, screen, cpu, form factor.
Apple aren’t perfect, but that report about privacy put Apple in the best position. People need to realise what they've got with Apple, because in a different world we wouldn’t have them.
…And because I know the trolls here will hate that I am saying positive things about them, and I know they hate anything good said about Apple, I’ll start the Thumb Emojis for them. 👎
“We debate about things that we do and do not do, because we know we can only do a few things well.”
This knowledge is seemingly not demonstrated by actual Apple corporate behavior. They’ve been divesting themselves of core competencies, and adding Wall Street darlings like “luxury”, “services”, and “diversification”.
This knowledge is seemingly not demonstrated by actual Apple corporate behavior. They’ve been divesting themselves of core competencies, and adding Wall Street darlings like “luxury”, “services”, and “diversification”.
“Luxury” is not the primary bred and butter. Services and diversification has been around since the jobs era. “Adding an apple spin” is their core competency.
Why so much hate against Tim Cook? He isn’t a founder ceo. He isn’t a designer/product person. Agreed. But its not like he has ruined apple. He has considerably improved on the products and made the general user experience better. Taken many of the feedbacks and corrected course instead of being stubborn ; like reversal in design principles of mac 2016-20. It’s not like there were no quality control issues/mistakes during Jobs era; You are holding it wrong.
Imagine if Johny Ive became the ceo! We would all be having beautiful useless jewellery.
Yes somethings could have been better. But that was always the case. And to expect revolutionary products after products like the Job’s era is a bit unrealistic. He was a founder ceo and genius. Such people comes only once in a while.
Imagine if Johny Ive became the ceo! We would all be having beautiful useless jewellery.
Yes somethings could have been better. But that was always the case. And to expect revolutionary products after products like the Job’s era is a bit unrealistic. He was a founder ceo and genius. Such people comes only once in a while.
Apple cares more about privacy, environment and minorities than other companies. You can be cynical about this and say they only do it for their bottom line. But at least they’re doing it.
Nothing to do with the kool-aid as there are plenty of companies out there that are pure evil: destroying our planet, societies and people.
It could be that "they care about privacy" to stand out from other companies so they can increase their profits not necessarily because "they care about privacy", but what do I know...Geesshh, they're doing business with an authoritarian dictatorship when they are the most profitable company on earth and could find so many other ways to produce their products.
The China argument again. You may recall that Apple didn’t make China the factory for the US (and the rest of the world). The US government put that in motion and it’s their prerogative to end it. For all companies. And btw, Apple is already moving production to other countries.
It’s also unfair to point out unrelatedly things that don’t go well to dismiss everything that does have an impact. For instance: privacy for consumers has nothing to do with Chinese production.
