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izacus
Yep, and Apple Ping, Apple Touchbar, Butterfly keyboard and Trashcan Mac were thought to be smart ideas.

Most dumb sounding corporate ideas are Apple Ping, not iPhone.

olliej
This really is a thing people need to understand. The quip comes out from some new startup “everyone thought [success story] was dumb as well”, and portray that as a badge of guaranteed success rather than going “why are they wrong this time, generally they are not”.
ZunarJ5
It's still a dumb, greedy idea unless your primary goal is acquiring capital. I bought an old iPad to upcycle and getting apps on it has been so much harder than it has any right to be.
lolsal
It was such a dumb idea that many folks decided to trade their capital for it, including you.
ZunarJ5
I literally got it for someone with dementia lmao.
ciabattabread
Ah, another one of those business self-help articles that gives you recycled insight.