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Re:Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis a... by 908B64B197 on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @11:16AM (#35541180)
> because I just didn't see enough use for what it offered compared to a dumb phone and an iPod.

You weren't wrong for the iPhone v1. The UI was years ahead of everything else, but it was still quite limited.

v2 was the first to support apps. To me that was the differentiator that made it a truly revolutionary product.

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Re:Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis a... by ericd on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @11:51AM (#35541762)
I know Jobs tried to talk up webapps as being the future at the time, but apps were very clearly coming - it was touted as a computer for your pocket, there's no way they weren't going to let people write software for it. And if they didn't, then someone else would make one that could, and completely eat their lunch.
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