Become a Member
Remove ads, unlock a dark mode theme, and get other perks by upgrading your account. Experience the website the way it's meant to be.

Jony Ive Leaving Apple

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, Jun 28, 2019.

  1. Melody Bot Jun 28, 2019
    Melody Bot

    Your friendly little forum bot. Staff Member

    This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

    Jony Ive, the famous designer at Apple, is leaving the company after thirty years. I thought Gruber’s take on the whole thing was pretty good:


    Third: This may be good news. Ive is, to state the obvious, preternaturally talented. But in the post-Jobs era, with all of Apple design, hardware and software, under his control, we’ve seen the software design decline and the hardware go wonky. I don’t know the inside story, but it certainly seems like a good bet that MacBook keyboard fiasco we’re still in the midst of is the direct result of Jony Ive’s obsession with device thinness and minimalism. Today’s MacBooks are worse computers but more beautiful devices than the ones they replaced. Is that directly attributable to Jony Ive? With these keyboards in particular, I believe the answer is yes.
    ​

    Expand - View Original
     
  2. AMC Jun 28, 2019
    AMC

    Regular

    Probably good to get some new blood in there. Android/Samsung/Google has been out innovating Apple for a while now.
     
    Raku and Ska Senanake like this.
  3. Jason Tate Jun 28, 2019
    Jason Tate

    newsletter is back Staff Member

    [​IMG]
     
    wisdomfordebris, Dirty Sanchez, Contender and 5 others like this.
  4. CMilliken Jun 28, 2019
    CMilliken

    Trusted

    I honestly love my 2018 MacBook Pro. Love the keyboard, but haven’t seen any issues other have seen with it yet. He’ll still be very involved with Apple as they’re one of his clients. I do hope this will shake things up a bit.
     
    jciswhatis and disambigujason like this.
  5. Remove
  6. Ska Senanake Jun 29, 2019
    Ska Senanake

    Trusted

    Apple is running out of chess pieces.
     
    Raku and laraheart like this.
  7. laraheart Jun 29, 2019
    laraheart

    Newbie

    And Microsoft. Those companies are almost running their own race at this point - Apple doesn't compromise on design (touch screens on Macs an example) and it is worse off for it. They will always have a sustainable business with phones and other consumer goods but it's not enough to get them back on top.
     
    Raku likes this.
  8. Jason Tate Jun 30, 2019
    Jason Tate

    newsletter is back Staff Member

    :eyebrow:
     
    Dirty Sanchez likes this.
  9. laraheart Jun 30, 2019
    laraheart

    Newbie

    Ska Senanake likes this.
  10. Jason Tate Jun 30, 2019
    Jason Tate

    newsletter is back Staff Member

  11. laraheart Jun 30, 2019
    laraheart

    Newbie

    Ska Senanake likes this.