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Uttam Dey's avatar

Loved the take on our post, Stone! - I think the arguments you made here capture the full essence of your perspective: "There have been very few - if any - high-value innovations during his leadership. Honestly, aside from maybe ‘Apple Pay,’ I cannot think of one."

My two cents here: I guess this was Steve Jobs plan when he hired Tim Cooks in '98. Tim Cooks is a veteran at Operations and was hired to lead Sales & Operations far from the fruits of innovation and design reaped by Steve Jobs era. I'd say Tim Cooks has managed to navigate the company well by leaning on his skills in Operations. But that has also sort of put Apple in the Innovation Gulf.

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Ol' Doc Skepsis's avatar

Thanx Stone. I have been a Mac owner since 1995 and an iPhone owner since 2010, and my current devices (MacBookAir & iPhone SE, both 2017) are victims of Apple's ~7 year built-in obsolesence - they will not run the latest OS, and security updates will end soon.

For various reasons, I have decided not to buy further Apple products, and am searching for alternatives. As a 19th Century Refugee, I'm proud of my neo-Ludditeism and wish I had the freedom to replace neither. Alas, modern life requires me to, so I'm exploring Linux devices, which are not user-friendly, and Linux phones aren't even ready for primary device usage yet. Someone suggested getting a used Lenovo ThinkPad 700 series (apparently one of the most secure devices ever made), wiping the HD and installing Linux. Just thinking about that process makes my palms sweaty!

Woe is me!

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