Steve Jobs in 2010, at D8 Conference (Full Video)

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rickdeckard · 2025-03 · Criticism

But the opposite is assuming that Apple has a "responsibility" towards its existing users and has to acknowledge their expectations from them. A sentiment which famously led Steve Jobs to respond that he doesn't understand this, because "people pay us to make that decision for them" and "If people like our products they will buy them; if they don't, they won't" [0] So according to Steve Jobs himself, the only Apple-acknowledged way to disagree with Apple is to NOT buy their products, and by extend into the services-world of today it means STOP USING their products. Now Steve Jobs doesn't officially run this company anymore, but I don't see any indication that this philosophy has changed in any way. [0]: [VIDEO]

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shrimpx · 2021-09 · Reference

Sorry, I had to dig. The particular conversation is from this video: [VIDEO] Around the 30:15 mark. Apologies for my incorrect quoting, I was paraphrasing from memory.

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shaabanban · 2020-07 · Reference

I have to say he was spot on about user privacy 10 years ago and it shows in the platforms today. Starts at around 1:10. > We do a lot of things like that to ensure that people understand what these apps are doing > Privacy means people know what they are signing up for in plain English and repeatedly. Edit: [VIDEO]

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