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Yes, Jobs was a visionary with extremely deep insights (one of the few humans I really admire 
) and a product person, but Cook is very smart and exacting, too, just a lot more grounded and realistic. Of course you could say Cook is a lot more "normal". But as I've said, I think there is nothing greedy about Apple's pricing if you consider the actual value of a device to the user instead of the technical cost of making it. You're not supposed to question every technical choice Apple made or generally to second-guess them, because you're supposed to—and you can—trust their intuition when they say a product is worth a particular price, that that is what it is worth to them and everyone else. That is just Apple's philosophy, you take it or leave it. The good thing is that technical users are also usually happiest with Macs, with their rock-solid FreeBSD Unix foundation and adoption of open standards. Thanks to that smart choice—combining support of open standards with ease of use—, Apple's ambit has grown considerably in the last 20-25 years.
Regarding the garbage apps, I think it's OK as long as they're in conformity with the law. You can't tell people not to use a particular kind of app, that would be particularly patronizing and would immediately be criticized, wouldn't it?
Perhaps you remember, Jobs was so radical about a clean iPhone platform that the idea of an App Store had to be forced on him at first. He then soon relented with iOS 2, I believe.
I've read they're upping the minimum RAM configuration to 12 GB or maybe even 16 GB soon, which I also think is a smart choice.
Jobs said Apple shouldn't remain the same, Apple should follow Cook, because if Cook is doing his best, everyone is. You surely agree that one can't freeze a company's culture at any date, it should just be healthy and thriving, and that happens when it is able to adapt and grow. Whenever something grows, something new has to emerge in it; there is no other way.
) and a product person, but Cook is very smart and exacting, too, just a lot more grounded and realistic. Of course you could say Cook is a lot more "normal". But as I've said, I think there is nothing greedy about Apple's pricing if you consider the actual value of a device to the user instead of the technical cost of making it. You're not supposed to question every technical choice Apple made or generally to second-guess them, because you're supposed to—and you can—trust their intuition when they say a product is worth a particular price, that that is what it is worth to them and everyone else. That is just Apple's philosophy, you take it or leave it. The good thing is that technical users are also usually happiest with Macs, with their rock-solid FreeBSD Unix foundation and adoption of open standards. Thanks to that smart choice—combining support of open standards with ease of use—, Apple's ambit has grown considerably in the last 20-25 years.Regarding the garbage apps, I think it's OK as long as they're in conformity with the law. You can't tell people not to use a particular kind of app, that would be particularly patronizing and would immediately be criticized, wouldn't it?
Perhaps you remember, Jobs was so radical about a clean iPhone platform that the idea of an App Store had to be forced on him at first. He then soon relented with iOS 2, I believe.
I've read they're upping the minimum RAM configuration to 12 GB or maybe even 16 GB soon, which I also think is a smart choice.
Jobs said Apple shouldn't remain the same, Apple should follow Cook, because if Cook is doing his best, everyone is. You surely agree that one can't freeze a company's culture at any date, it should just be healthy and thriving, and that happens when it is able to adapt and grow. Whenever something grows, something new has to emerge in it; there is no other way.
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