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Re:The 16-inch MacBook Pro is a repudiation of the ‘Ive Doct... by whywhywhywhy on Thursday November 21, 2019 @08:46AM (#21593897)
> it's taken Apple years to get keyboards back on track

This was a conscious decision, they could have reverted the mistake in 12 months if they had truly wanted. But it would require burning a production line and design roadmap that was supposed to last 3 years. Turned out having users buy an inherently faulty $2000+ product for 3 years and a repair program was the easier pill to swallow.

Tim Cook isn't a product person[0], he's never going to think of the actual product and its impact on the users in a way that could make that call.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AxZofbMGpM

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Re:The 16-inch MacBook Pro is a repudiation of the ‘Ive Doct... by kalleboo on Thursday November 21, 2019 @08:57AM (#21594008)
The iOS devices haven't suffered similarly though. Those products have been developing fine.

Apple just hasn't cared enough about the Mac (the Mac Pro is proof of that). I've read reports (could be false) that all the A players go on the iOS teams, and the ones left on the Mac teams are the handful of truly passionate, and the B players. (well if you read other reports, the A players go to Google where they pay better...)

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Re:The 16-inch MacBook Pro is a repudiation of the ‘Ive Doct... by willis936 on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:01AM (#21606754)
If google has so many A players then why are so many of the services in a poor state? You could point to any google service, outside of drive/docs etc., and have severe complaints about it.
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