In the case of Apple, Tim Cook has spent quite a while working with Steve Jobs so he's no stranger to collaborating with a loose canon and could probably handle Musk pretty well.

Just speculating, of course.

Was Steve Jobs comparable to Musk? Any examples?

Jobs/Apple overhyped (and sometimes still do) features of their products, but never to the point of making promises they couldn't keep, IMO.

So much more elizabeth holmes than steve jobs...

The Lisa? The NEXT?

Prices kept increasing, features were overhyped, and the Mac ended up being better in most ways.

I seem to recall that Steve was more involved with the Mac than the Lisa.

Also, in the context of the current discussion, the Steve that Tim Cook worked with was not young, reckless Steve, but an older and somewhat more mellow and responsible Steve.

I think that’s a good point. Unfortunately, soon after, the Tesla keyboards probably won’t work well anymore.

The keyboards would work fine on the touch screen, but every 2 years you'd need to buy a new dongle to plug in your battery

The difference is Jobs' obsession was limited to consumer electronics, more or less, and he pushed the company to focus heavily on a very limited range of products.

Musk on the other hand will talk about cars one day, then solar energy the next, then the Hyerloop, then landing on Mars and making toy flamethrowers. The fit could not be more wrong.

Apple's acquired properties are quietly extinguished and replaced with Apple branding. Musk wouldn't have the temperament to play second fiddle to anybody else.

>Apple's acquired properties are quietly extinguished and replaced with Apple branding. Musk wouldn't have the temperament to play second fiddle to anybody else.

Beats as a brand is still around and producing new products.

A Steve Jobs that had spent some time in the wilderness away from Apple to mature and grow. Musk is probably more similar to Jobs before he left Apple the first time.

Yeah, but Musk is like Steve Jobs 1.0. Steve Jobs before NeXT and Pixar.