> Except of few ideological mistakes, I would say, quite a lot of time was wasted on doubtful technical decisions ...
Not just technical, but remember when they expanded into physical products that made no sense? I don't mean the handful of scanner implementations - those made sense even if they were made obsolete. The notebooks with "smart" scanning were okay at the time as well, even if they quickly became obsolete too
But I mean stuff like backpacks and socks.[1] That never made sense to me.
I kind of wish Apple had never made iPod Socks, because then we could have a very good indicator of sock-selling as a sign that things will not end well.
Other socks I have around: Snap, Yak, a handful of defunct delivery apps.
Not just technical, but remember when they expanded into physical products that made no sense? I don't mean the handful of scanner implementations - those made sense even if they were made obsolete. The notebooks with "smart" scanning were okay at the time as well, even if they quickly became obsolete too
But I mean stuff like backpacks and socks.[1] That never made sense to me.
I kind of wish Apple had never made iPod Socks, because then we could have a very good indicator of sock-selling as a sign that things will not end well.
Other socks I have around: Snap, Yak, a handful of defunct delivery apps.
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[1] https://twitter.com/mlevchin/status/281668296628129792