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.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    1 year ago

    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

    • Brkdncr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      1 year ago

      The iPod wasn’t very special. Lots of competitors in that space.

      Their phone wasn’t very special. It lacked a lot of features like enterprise email for 1-2 years. It was also slow and locked to a slow carrier in the US for that time.

      They managed to sell it though. Their ads and marketing is always been great even if the devices weren’t.