It’s All Bullshit | JS Tan
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The tech industry is supposed to be the cradle of innovation—but it’s become a redoubt of waste and unproductivity.

It’s All Bullshit: Performing productivity at Google::The tech industry is supposed to be the cradle of innovation—but it’s become a redoubt of waste and unproductivity.

  • emax_gomax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    6 months ago

    Tbf the motivation makes sense but don’t publicly announce products just to abruptly drop them. I’ve literally never heard of an apple product that was discontinued. When you make it customer facing you’d best be prepared to put your weight behind it.

    • Odelay42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      6 months ago

      I’ve literally never heard of an apple product that was discontinued.

      iPods and the Newton come to mind.

      Not many examples though eh?

      • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        6 months ago

        iPods were sunset after a long successful run and basically being supplanted by the iPhone. And they did kill them, they just stopped making me one.