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What DID Apple innovate? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Genuine question.

I know they were the scrappy startup doing different cool things. But, what are the most major innovative things that they introduced, improved or just implemented that either revolutionized, improved or spurred change?

I am aware of the possibility of both fanboys and haters just duking it out below. But there's always that one guy who has a fkn well-formatted paragraph of gold. I await that guy.

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[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 10 months ago

High resolution displays on laptops, SSDs in laptops.

Those are the two I can think of right now. I believe Linus (LTT) talked about this on WAN show not too long ago aswell.

[–] Greee1911@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Marketing

[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Apple is incredibly well polished. It takes ideas that already exists and makes them work for the 90% of people.

It brought the smart phone to the masses. The ipod the iPad. It is the only smart watch manufacturer making profit.

All these existed and most server a function and niche community. Apple bought it polished it and server it up with a user friendly interface.

Can it reinvent the wheel with smart glasses ? This will be it's biggest test. This is a niche area. This is incredibly expensive and it's going to be a hard sell.

[–] wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

most of the things they're known for, they didn't invent. but they've always been better at packaging these ideas and tech up, and marketing them well.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Invention is not innovation. They didn't invent the GUI but they innovated it. They blew away what Xerox PARC had been working on. They saw all the ways it could be better and implemented them. They didn't just package up the GUI and market it better, they made it better.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I am not an Apple fan in the slightest but the Apple Watch is in like, it's 10th generation? And I never see anyone wear any other type of smartwatch. And for good reason, pretty much everything else is garbage.

[–] TooLazyDidntName@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Garmin makes good watches, but its for a different market I think.

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[–] danque@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is only nice if you also have an iPhone otherwise its basically useless expensive garbage.

Better look at Huawei, Zepp and Garmin if you want cheaper but equally good garbage. Fitbit is also a nice brand.

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[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

ipod

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Creative Labs and others were doing MP3 players before them.

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[–] 520@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Apple does refinement a lot better than they do outright innovation, but refinement is a core part of the process: your average user doesn't want to be using things that feels like a chore to use.

They refined touchscreen phones, mp3 players, all in one PCs, laptops, peripheral connectivity, tablet computing, GUIs, UNIX, and so much more.

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[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

They just took other innovations and put them in a nicer package

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

they invented the hardware-based walled garden. an entire ecosystem of shit relying on them alone

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[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They have a really nice user-interface. I suppose being user-friendly and accessible can be considered innovative, but that's only when talking to idiots who don't see the immediate value in such things.

That's it.

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