Genuine question.

I know they were the scrappy startup doing different cool things. But, what are the most major innovative things that they introduced, improved or just implemented that either revolutionized, improved or spurred change?

I am aware of the possibility of both fanboys and haters just duking it out below. But there’s always that one guy who has a fkn well-formatted paragraph of gold. I await that guy.

  • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
    219·
    11 months ago

    Ayo fuck TekSyndicate but he did put it quite succinctly:

    “Apple are not a technology company. They are a technology recipe company. They take innovations that other companies create and combine them to create compelling products.”

    • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
      187·
      11 months ago

      Sorry but that’s bullshit. That would be like disregarding all the engineering that goes into developing a car, just because someone else invented the wheel.

      Sure - without that invention they couldn’t exist - but real innovation isn’t just the foundational features of the product. 99% of the work is in small refinements - for example about two hours a day my Mazda is a horrible car to drive because the sun catches the chrome logo on the steering wheel and blinds the driver. The newer models? They have a slightly different shape on the steering wheel that puts the shiny logo in the shade at that time of the day. It takes real work over decades to figure out tiny details like that. Most of the job is things that aren’t obvious when you first have an idea to build a product.

      Someone else probably, probably millions of other people, likely had the idea long ago… the real innovator is the one that actually does the hard work to make it a product someone will actually want to use.

      • pop@lemmy.mlEnglish
        66·
        11 months ago

        99% of the work is in small refinements

        Sorry but that’s bullshit. Inventing something takes a lot, a lot, a lot more effort than packaging something. Incremental improvements are much easier (in comparison ) when you’ve got the working prototype already on the market.

        And wtf is that analogy? The fanboy in you is really showing.

        • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
          32·
          11 months ago

          I bought an iPhone 15 Pro on launch week, and even I can’t match that level of fanboy…

    • AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
      61·
      11 months ago

      End to end user experience… They control the HW and the Software better than anyone else.

    • PrMinisterGR@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      UI and general product design is innovation. Tech people have a lot of difficulties grasping this.