Charlie Stross on Nostr: Cook took the existing Apple cultishness and advanced simultaneously on all fronts, ...
Cook took the existing Apple cultishness and advanced simultaneously on all fronts, building out the ecosystem along lines of attack that Jobs had already sketched in. Innovation since Jobs' death has taken place, but much more sluggishly. The key was to layer incentives for staying within the ecosystem.
Meanwhile the *existing* fetishistic Cult of Apple was already there. The religious iconography, minimalist store layouts, ads full of shiny, happy people: it's subliminally religious design.
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