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Re:Apple’s Relentless Strategy, Execution, and Point of View by Ericson2314 on Monday June 29, 2020 @12:18AM (#23674282)
The iPod already established the Apple brand as a status symbol, so the iPhone had that leg up.

I think the issue is less that Apple did amazing things, than everyone else was being sloppy as hell with supply chain and quality control. If you look at post war consumer goods, many have great Craftsmanship. But the lure of planned obselessence and cheep outsourcing ruined most product design and execution, and Apple somehow realized there wasn't a risk of not getting the benefits of planned obselessence in making a fancier-crafted project while hardware was still improving.

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Re:Apple’s Relentless Strategy, Execution, and Point of View by no_wizard on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:56AM (#23678162)
They still are. PC manufacturers still can’t get touch pads right in 2020. They still ship notebooks that feel janky and don’t have the same solid feel like a MacBook does.

It’s just not in their DNA. That says something

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Re:Apple’s Relentless Strategy, Execution, and Point of View by harpratap on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:54AM (#23678717)
Are we talking about the same company who couldn't get Keyboards and thermals right?
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Re:Apple’s Relentless Strategy, Execution, and Point of View by Ericson2314 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:16PM (#23720057)
Why I said "fancier-crafted". Apple does tons of crap, especially in software. But it is still better than the even more abysmal competition.
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