Case in point, self-driving cars. No one's offering that right now, because they all believe it sucks (at this point). But that doesn't mean that when they do offer it that it will be a bad idea.
> The comment simply refers to the black-and-white way in which Steve used to frame these things.
Except the Jobs' quote you replied to succinctly explains why a stylus is a bad idea as the primary input method on a small pocket device.
Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro
by billyhoffman on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @09:23PM
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A stylus is a bad idea as the primary input method on a small pocket device.
A 12.9 inch iPad Pro is not a "small pocket device".
There are all sorts of reasons not to offer a particular feature or product at time X, and then subsequently offer what appears to be that exact thing at time Y.
Not to mention that the feature or product at time Y might be significantly different or better than the compromise you might have cobbled together at time X.
The comment simply refers to the black-and-white way in which Steve used to frame these things. IIRC, he said many of the same things about Intel chips, keyboard shortcuts, expandable RAM, and so forth.