• @hackitfast@lemmy.world
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    21 year ago

    Yeah, Steve Jobs was definitely an asshole, and he didn’t personally design any of his products, but he did know what direction to move things in and what consumers wanted in a phone. He was the first to put a truly usable portable touchscreen computer into our pockets with a phone in it, and every phone nowadays is basically just a reimagined, upgraded version of the first iPhone. The way we communicate is forever changed because of the iPhone.

    But yeah iPhone’s are kind of the pinnacle of “how much can we fuck you over before you notice” now. All because of the little Apple on the back of the phone.

    • @general_kitten@sopuli.xyz
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      61 year ago

      There is a story that the concept of touchscreen phones was stolen from a Nokia engineer who tried to get nokia to produce them but the feature was dismissed as a ‘gimmick’.

    • @Comment105@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      He didn’t know what customers wanted in a phone.

      He knew what customers would want in a phone when they were taught about its existence.

      The customers had no idea they would want it before he showed it to them.