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by simonh 2147 days ago
Oh wow “the marketing.... not the product”. How to utterly, hilariously miss the point.

The marketing is the product. This is exactly why so many people don’t get Apple and how they operate. Do you know who came up with the concept for the click wheel on the original iPod? It was Phil Schiller, he suggested it in a meeting with all the senior heads on how the device should work. Marketing, design and engineering work incredibly closely together at Apple.

Phil would be a great loss (it seems he’s not actually going yet), but Apple has lost major contributors before. They have a strong team and incredible depth of talent. They’ll be ok.

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But this is the end of Apple!

It’s always the End of Apple!!!!

Proudly on the brink of going out of business since 1976.