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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Jobs would have gone on caring about my sector of the client base because we're the people who lent credibility to the rest of what Apple did. Fine-arts cred is part of what gave Apple its cool for a moment, even among consumers who never got past the iPhone. That's why Jobs talked about the arts so often. It's telling that Ives rarely does. He's less pompous than Jobs but also less hypnotically overreaching.
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Jobs was one of those rare creatures who come along once in a generation. He literally didn't give a flying fog about anyone external to his own thought processes. Under Jobs, Apple couldn't care less about stock holders, sub-contractors, banks, distributors etc. He cared about only one single person, the Apple customer. That kind of laser sharp focus can't be emulated, and as we move forward I think that loyal Apple customers slowly but surely will start to realize that it is no longer the same company under Tim Cook. From my vantage point the hard core Apple fanboi received as much love from the company that he gave them, wake up and realize that the love is now unrequited and that loyal customer will start to feel confused.