{"id":634008,"date":"2024-09-21T12:04:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=634008"},"modified":"2024-09-21T12:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:05:05","slug":"if-steve-jobs-were-still-alive-today-what-would-he-think-of-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/21\/if-steve-jobs-were-still-alive-today-what-would-he-think-of-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"If Steve Jobs were still alive today\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 What would he think of Apple?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OK\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Because I am the second Steve Jobs, the next Steve Jobs in the flesh\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 If Steve Jobs was 36 years old, alive today\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 This is what he would think of Apple, and this is what he would say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, he would say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a piece of shit! (In reference to the new iPhone, iPhone Pro etc).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It fucking sucks!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new device is a piece of shit, in that fucking sucks. He would critique the design, the devices, Apple TV everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">make the iPhone great again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem with Apple now is there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too much fragmentation. Apple is trying to be everything, everywhere at once. But like we learn from Alexander the great\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 True overextend yourself will always be a bad plan for an empire. The empires which are best and last, are the ones which states situated, and one very very critical spot, and dominate that one small industry, rather than trying to become the Walmart of everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The number one thing Apple needs to do is really made the iPhone desirable again. The new iPhone is lackluster. Nobody cares nobody wants it, nobody even knows that it exists. This is bad\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I doubt you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be seeing lines outside the Apple store anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The true critical innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suggestion to apple\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Ironically you want to do a via negativa APPROACH \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Introduce a new iPhone which actually encourages you to spend less time on it. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Because I am the second Steve Jobs, the next Steve Jobs in the flesh\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 If Steve Jobs was 36 years old, alive today\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 This is what he would think of Apple, and this is what he would say: First, he would say: It is a piece of shit! 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