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Re:Google management shuffle points to retreat from Alphabet... by 01100011 on Saturday December 07, 2019 @08:09PM (#21733765)
I dunno, but it seems like the iPhone was a product of many technological advances coming together at once, and Apple's key addition was to execute it in a way that made it appealing to the masses. So, I don't expect Apple to make a teleporter, or home fusion energy, or something that doesn't exist. I expect them to take something that is possible, like VR/AR, like videoconferencing, like IPTV.. even just computers and cellphones, and to execute them in a way that makes them the best designed product in the industry. Lately, it seems like they've been failing to do that. At this point, it seems like they're just a fashion brand whose products lack a compelling advantage over their competitors' products. Apple needs a guy like Steve Jobs to raise the standards and drive the company to meet them. Under Cook, it seems like they're sliding into mediocrity.
Re:Google management shuffle points to retreat from Alphabet... by abalone on Sunday December 08, 2019 @12:29AM (#21734479)
> I expect them to take something that is possible... and to execute them in a way that makes them the best designed product in the industry.

I mean they just did that with smart watches and earbuds, under Cook. They are totally dominating those categories with uncontroversially the best designed products. Not good enough for you?

Re:Google management shuffle points to retreat from Alphabet... by enitihas on Saturday December 07, 2019 @09:31PM (#21734021)
Curiously, what other products launched by any other company have had a similar effect as the iPhone.