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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.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

and i think in general, their attempt to really focus on user experience first always seemed to define their business.. trying to make things that people would WANT to use was what made Jobs and Apple stand out.. other brands were better known for performance, for example..

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. They innovated

  • a GUI that people wanted to use and ushered in a new era of computer guys
  • several times a personal computer it laptop that people wanted to use and set new standards for others to follow
  • personal music devices that worked so well they set the standard.
  • a phone that just works and set many standards for other phones to follow
  • an App Store that set standards for usability and security, and set a high bar for others to follow
  • a mobile payment system that’s secure and private, and set a standard for the industry to follow
  • shared resources and config across devices and family members, setting new standards for usability and convenience

I could probably go on for a while. The thing is that everything in tech is an iteration: almost nothing is completely new. Apple has consistently applied design and usability to revolutionize many different areas of tech. It is true innovation with real change and huge impact

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jobs really wanted to make tech usable for the mainstream. Just look at the first iPod all the other MP3 players at the time were for the geeks and music nerds. They were clunky, had ugly geek esthetics and the software was hard to use for most people. And the non techies had no idea where to get mp3s. The iPod together with the iTunes Store really sold the MP3 player to the masses.