• herrvogel@lemmy.world
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      There’s no version of this reality where Jobs isn’t a good businessman. You might not like the company or their products, but they’ve somehow managed to build a huge and successful business selling those overpriced toys to tons of people. They managed to create a cult around expensive consumer electronics. That is a massive success no matter how you slice it. And you can’t deny that Jobs played a big part in that.

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        Also you can tie it directly to Jobs, because when he was gone for a bit, apple fuckin tanked, and then he came back and they came out with the iPod.

        That’s not an accident.

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        it was just a gag for comic effect. it wasn’t the breadth and depth of my thoughts and feelings of the digital and manufacturing epochs since the 1980s.

        But also, it was kind of begging the question of “is there such thing as a good business man?”

        There’s good for /their/ business. But is that- in general - good?

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          Does the current head of Larian Studios count as a businessman? If so, that’s one I would consider good for the company AND the consumers

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        The weird thing is that Apple without Jobs was a failure, but also Jobs without Apple was also a failure.