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[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This article is pretty terrible and I'm not a fan of Apple but honestly he's taken a pretty measured approach and the fact that their product is garbage isn't his fault so much as the hype train being off course.

If anything people should be thankful he didn't waste more money, but right now the measurement isn't how successful your business is or how good your product is but how much money you flushed down the toilet chasing the dream of "AI". Because this is a bubble not a revolution.

[–] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

This article is pretty terrible and I'm not a fan of Apple but honestly he's taken a pretty measured approach and the fact that their product is garbage isn't his fault so much as the hype train being off course.

If anything people should be thankful he didn't waste more money, but right now the measurement isn't how successful your business is or how good your product is but how much money you flushed down the toilet chasing the dream of "AI". Because this is a bubble not a revolution.

their product is garbage isn't his fault so much as the hype train being off course

He as a CEO is ultimately responsible for all products of the company. A hype train demands willing participants to jump in.

[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I've never stumbled across Apple Insider before, it's quite the apologist for the company. Here's some tone deaf quotes from the article that made me laugh:

"It's true that the buck stops at the CEO, but without Tim Cook, Apple would not have so many bucks."

I guess if you make a lot of money you get a pass for allowing misleading and anti-consumer marketing campaigns?

"If billions and trillions are hard numbers to imagine, here's another one. Apple could, if its valuation could be converted to cash without loss, give every person living in the continental USA a free iPhone 16e — and then 13 spare ones. Each."

I love how they chose to illustrate Apple's obscene level of wealth with how much it could benefit people if they ever distributed that wealth through altruistic giving 😂

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

AppleInsider has always had its nose planted firmly up Apple's corporate ass crack.

[–] BOFH@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

It’s interesting to see them still kissing Apple backside when Gruber eviscerated Apple and he’s usually very uncritical.

I don’t know that Cook needs to go, but Apple have a big reputation and this has harmed them. They need to fix that somehow.

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I guess if you make a lot of money you get a pass for allowing misleading and anti-consumer marketing campaigns?

He is appointed by the people for whom he is making money and not by the customers. So the answer is likely yes.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] reddig33@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tim Apple isn’t garbage, but he’s overstayed his welcome. I’m hoping Craig Federighi takes his place.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Why would Craig be any better? Modern macOS and iOS are far from innovative.

[–] MisterMoo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I know this isn’t satire but it feels uncannily like satire.

[–] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Tim Cook is a CEO. His job is to make money for a board of directors and he does that job well. He is not interested in else because that is what a corporation is about.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I read the headline up until "he has made Apple what it is" and then I was, like...

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

A company that is now focused more on creating value for shareholders than on innovation? I'd say that's pretty accurate.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Made Apple what it is financially apparently.

How American.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tim the creep can get fucked... Disgusting parasite should get the rope with the rest of them for their crimes against the american people

[–] bambootstrap@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The good news is you and Tim are unlikely to be attending the same class of barbecues.

Having said that, I’ve postponed my MacBook purchase as part of my boycott of the US. And because as nice as Apple hardware is, it’s hard to shake the feeling that they’re just treading water.

[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You seem like the kind of person I would avoid at a barbecue.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 1 month ago

CEO dindu nufin mate...