Post by David Chartier - Takahē

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Good commentary on where #Apple’s design went wrong during the post-Jobs reign of Jony Ive

via: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/s/7XfYOJU4Du

A comment on Reddit under an article about how Jony Ive still asks “what would Steve do?” even at his new design firm. It reads: Jony is a great designer and artist, but great designers and
artists need editors.
Steve was Jony's editor. Once Steve was gone, Ive lost
that critical editor. Cook gave Jony CEO-level reign per
Steve's wishes, and Ive went rampantly in the wrong
direction, putting art and form over functionality on
products that decidedly had to be usable.
A MacBook Pro isn't JUST modern art, it needs to be a
workhorse for 5-8 years, not just look pretty on a shelf
like some overpriced figurine you buy at an art gallery.
Hence, MacBook Pro butterfly keyboards that looked
gorgeous but didn't feel great to type on, and wouldn't
work if a speck of anything got into them. Removal of
usable features like HDMI ports, SD card slots and
MagSafe? Thinness for no good reason at the expense of
features or more battery life?
I'm happy Apple is building products that are more usable
than in the Ive era. Especially on their pro lines.

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