• circuscritic@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Moving goalpost?

    You said he didn’t contribute to technology, so I pointed out that he’s responsible for Apple becoming what it became, which itself transformed technology.

    Now, you’re saying he shouldn’t get technical credit for…making the iPhone?

    Okay…I never said he should…but it you want to go down that path, he was very hands-on with in the design processes for two of their most pivotal products: the iMac and iPod.

    Again, he was a grade-A douche bag, who died a fucking hilariously stupid death, but that doesn’t erase, or override his impact.

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      7 months ago

      I think the argument is that the motivations society allowed him under capitalism are what drew him to do what he did, not just that he was some brilliant asshole but that he wanted to own the work those beneath him had done.

      Lots of us who have spent our lives being told “yeahuh but that’s how it’s supposed to work!” probably have a hard time grappling the concept that just because it turns out good sometimes doesn’t mean we can’t do better.

      So to the original point of the rebuttal - we’re lucky it only turned out like it did, and not way way worse (and some other high-on-capital folks have been busy proving that lately…)

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      7 months ago

      If you want to congratulate his corpse for what he didn’t engineer or design, go ahead.

      • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
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        7 months ago

        It has nothing to do with congratulating.

        You made a false statement, and then moved the goalpost (motte and bailey) when I pointed it out.

        Simple as that.