David Pierce

And this is the subject of vast quantities of regulatory fights and there's a world in which it gets pulled back and all that stuff, but whatever. But we have gotten to the point where it is now like a meaningfully large piece of Apple's business for me to be playing Candy Crush.

And this is the subject of vast quantities of regulatory fights and there's a world in which it gets pulled back and all that stuff, but whatever. But we have gotten to the point where it is now like a meaningfully large piece of Apple's business for me to be playing Candy Crush.

And that's the root of all evil in this kind of stuff, as far as I'm concerned.

And that's the root of all evil in this kind of stuff, as far as I'm concerned.

And that's the root of all evil in this kind of stuff, as far as I'm concerned.

Like, what do you think? I've thought so much about this. And I think the reason it's impossible to know is that Steve Jobs never got to say no to this stuff, right? Like, this whole world of software as a service and everything being so important just— really came after he died.

Like, what do you think? I've thought so much about this. And I think the reason it's impossible to know is that Steve Jobs never got to say no to this stuff, right? Like, this whole world of software as a service and everything being so important just— really came after he died.

Like, what do you think? I've thought so much about this. And I think the reason it's impossible to know is that Steve Jobs never got to say no to this stuff, right? Like, this whole world of software as a service and everything being so important just— really came after he died.

And so I think the counter future of Steve Jobs reckoning with monthly subscriptions to everything I think is so fascinating. But I think everything we know about Steve Jobs suggests that he really wanted to make a lot of money and was maybe not nice to a lot of the people in his life, but cared about really, really, really, really deeply about the experience of people using his products.

And so I think the counter future of Steve Jobs reckoning with monthly subscriptions to everything I think is so fascinating. But I think everything we know about Steve Jobs suggests that he really wanted to make a lot of money and was maybe not nice to a lot of the people in his life, but cared about really, really, really, really deeply about the experience of people using his products.

And so I think the counter future of Steve Jobs reckoning with monthly subscriptions to everything I think is so fascinating. But I think everything we know about Steve Jobs suggests that he really wanted to make a lot of money and was maybe not nice to a lot of the people in his life, but cared about really, really, really, really deeply about the experience of people using his products.

And I think it is just unassailably true that being a user of tech products is worse now than it used to be. And there is this constant feeling like I am being milked for every second of my time and dollar that I have. And like, I can absolutely imagine a world in which Steve Jobs just rolled up one day and was like, push notifications are bad for the world. Turn them all off.

And I think it is just unassailably true that being a user of tech products is worse now than it used to be. And there is this constant feeling like I am being milked for every second of my time and dollar that I have. And like, I can absolutely imagine a world in which Steve Jobs just rolled up one day and was like, push notifications are bad for the world. Turn them all off.

And I think it is just unassailably true that being a user of tech products is worse now than it used to be. And there is this constant feeling like I am being milked for every second of my time and dollar that I have. And like, I can absolutely imagine a world in which Steve Jobs just rolled up one day and was like, push notifications are bad for the world. Turn them all off.

Like, do I think he would have done that? Probably not. Money is really fun, and when you have a lot of money, it's really hard to have less money. But I do think there was a sense with Steve Jobs, at least, that there was, like, one person whose taste was the only thing that ultimately mattered, right? Like, all you had to do at Apple was make the thing that Steve Jobs wanted, and...

Like, do I think he would have done that? Probably not. Money is really fun, and when you have a lot of money, it's really hard to have less money. But I do think there was a sense with Steve Jobs, at least, that there was, like, one person whose taste was the only thing that ultimately mattered, right? Like, all you had to do at Apple was make the thing that Steve Jobs wanted, and...

Like, do I think he would have done that? Probably not. Money is really fun, and when you have a lot of money, it's really hard to have less money. But I do think there was a sense with Steve Jobs, at least, that there was, like, one person whose taste was the only thing that ultimately mattered, right? Like, all you had to do at Apple was make the thing that Steve Jobs wanted, and...

By and large, those were good things. The world has changed a lot since the last thing Steve Jobs made, but like he was right more than just about anybody. And so part of me is like I also hold on to this hope that like if Steve were still here, this would all be better. But I wonder that too.

By and large, those were good things. The world has changed a lot since the last thing Steve Jobs made, but like he was right more than just about anybody. And so part of me is like I also hold on to this hope that like if Steve were still here, this would all be better. But I wonder that too.

By and large, those were good things. The world has changed a lot since the last thing Steve Jobs made, but like he was right more than just about anybody. And so part of me is like I also hold on to this hope that like if Steve were still here, this would all be better. But I wonder that too.