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Re:Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire by theonlybutlet on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:48AM (#28299978)
In the US yes, the rest of the world not so much. They were already popular or had other influences initially.
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Re:Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire by HWR_14 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:57AM (#28302449)
You're relying a lot on "or had other influences".

None of those things were invented by him, or by the companies he worked with. They were mass-marketed by him.

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Re:Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire by theonlybutlet on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @02:09PM (#28304883)
Indeed but things like smartphones already had mass appeal in Europe and Asia, from the likes of Nokia in Europe and NTTDocomo in Japan.
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