Old-fashioned WWDC: Newspapers, radio stations, and dad jokes<article>
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It’s said that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. Well, it’s said in
The Usual Suspects. It’s not like it’s a quote from Wittgenstein or Descartes or Oprah.</p><p>
But perhaps the greatest trick Apple ever pulled is convincing the world that it’s an innovative company.</p><p>
In one sense, this is an argument so well-worn it’s actually a bit silly we’re still talking about it. No, Apple wasn’t the first to make a personal music player, a smartphone, a tablet, even a computer with a GUI. Its magic is and always was in wrapping the right set of compromises up in something that looked irresistible to the discerning, affluent, and often mildly technophobic audience it wanted.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2933326/old-fashioned-wwdc-newspapers-radio-stations-and-dad-jokes.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Old-fashioned WWDC: Newspapers, radio stations, and dad jokes
