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Re:Beeper – Moving Forward by JumpCrisscross on Thursday December 21, 2023 @02:52PM (#38725859)
> If it were a minor silly thing, you probably wouldn't expect it to be talked about at the highest levels at Apple, would you?

Why not? I’ve been in C-level discussions where dark purple versus a slightly darker shade of purple turned into a weeklong shit show.

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Re:Beeper – Moving Forward by quadrifoliate on Thursday December 21, 2023 @05:01PM (#38727653)
Was it discussing enabling market lock-in via a darker/lighter shade?

If so, it may have been important!

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Re:Beeper – Moving Forward by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 22, 2023 @09:51AM (#38734640)
> Was it discussing enabling market lock-in via a darker/lighter shade?

Yes, this is a framing that works for every strategic decision in business.

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Re:Beeper – Moving Forward by quadrifoliate on Friday December 22, 2023 @11:30AM (#38735746)
Yes, but it deserves to be taken more seriously when you are the SVP of the largest software company in the world.

The C-level of a random software company talking about US-wide market lock-in is unlikely to make it work in practice. Apple has a very real chance of doing it.

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Re:Beeper – Moving Forward by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 22, 2023 @12:23PM (#38736355)
> Apple has a very real chance of doing it

No, they are nowhere close to locking down messaging.

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