Why Steve Jobs Never Listened to His Customers

Post by mratzloff » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 11:54 PM UTC

aggie wrote: post #35

mratzloff wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please also stop perpetuating the fake Henry Ford quote about faster horses. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4877934

It's interesting to hear about the historical facts (thanks for sharing) but I have to disagree with your position. The quotation is a concise and eloquent means of making a point about consumer opinion that is true in some cases, even if not in the historical case being exemplified. The historical accuracy is not important when it isn't integral to the argument being made. I could make a similarly weak argument abou…

Post by r0s » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 9:35 PM UTC

babesh wrote: post #42

r0s wrote: post #23

It seems like there's two sides to creating demand for a product, natural customer desire and customer desire plasticity. Of course, focusing on both is the best approach. Personally, I've never gleaned the appeal of apple products. They don't seem simple or intuitive such as how they're sold, from my perspective. Maybe this is my advanced user perspective talking, but it seems like just another UI with a different t…

Yeah sure, that trickery is what makes iOS so easy to use for very young children. Time to put away the blinders and put yourself in the perspective of other people.