▲ 516 ▼ Apple sued by shareholders for allegedly overstating AI progress (www.reuters.com) submitted 1 year ago by IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] EON_GuG@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (5 children) This can be a very good thing or a very bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] neshura@bookwyr.me 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) For this to be a good thing the shareholders would need to agree to a technical CEO rather than a marketing one and that comes with the wee lil' issue of raining on their AI parade. If Tim Cook goes his replacement will be even worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pachrist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago As much as I dislike Steve Jobs personally, Apple needs someone at the helm who is product and customer experience oriented like he was. Obviously, technical know-how is good, but someone exclusively technical would flounder. Tim Cook is a supply chain guy. His replacement would almost certainly be someone marketing oriented, since innovation no longer drives Apple. Sales do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It can be a very good thing if they try to actually become a normal company and not hype-serf. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago So, it's not going to be good then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It would make no difference at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neshura@bookwyr.me 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) For this to be a good thing the shareholders would need to agree to a technical CEO rather than a marketing one and that comes with the wee lil' issue of raining on their AI parade. If Tim Cook goes his replacement will be even worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pachrist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago As much as I dislike Steve Jobs personally, Apple needs someone at the helm who is product and customer experience oriented like he was. Obviously, technical know-how is good, but someone exclusively technical would flounder. Tim Cook is a supply chain guy. His replacement would almost certainly be someone marketing oriented, since innovation no longer drives Apple. Sales do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago As much as I dislike Steve Jobs personally, Apple needs someone at the helm who is product and customer experience oriented like he was. Obviously, technical know-how is good, but someone exclusively technical would flounder. Tim Cook is a supply chain guy. His replacement would almost certainly be someone marketing oriented, since innovation no longer drives Apple. Sales do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It can be a very good thing if they try to actually become a normal company and not hype-serf. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago So, it's not going to be good then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago So, it's not going to be good then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It would make no difference at all. permalink fedilink source parent