Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software — The Engineers Were So Nervous They Got Drunk During Presentation To Calm Their Nerves
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The late Steve Jobs, renowned for his innovative vision at Apple Inc., faced a unique challenge in 2007 with the first iPhone presentation. The device was a groundbreaking concept, but it wasn't ready for a public debut. Jobs, known for pushing boundaries, orchestrated a presentation that was more of an artful illusion than a demonstration of a fully functional product. Jobs insisted on a live presentation, deviating from the norm of prerecorded demonstrations common in Silicon Valley. To ensure

• Steve Jobs faked full signal strength and swapped devices during the first iPhone demo due to fragile prototypes and bug-riddled software.

• Engineers got drunk during the presentation to calm their nerves.

• Despite the challenges, Jobs successfully completed the 90-minute demonstration without any noticeable issues.

  • Nacktmull@lemm.eeEnglish
    9911·
    11 months ago

    Not saying all these necessarily apply to Steve jobs but I really hate how capitalism gratifies liars, fakers, cheaters, egomaniacs, narcissists, psychopaths and selfish exploiters in general.

    • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3913·
      11 months ago

      You say that like there’s a single system in the history of the world which doesn’t. Capitalism isn’t novel with regard to humans taking advantage of one another.

      • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1811·
        11 months ago

        The difference is that in other systems, when people behave like that, it’s then gaming the system. Capitalism is the only system that incentivizes it in rewards it directly, As a matter of principle.

        • galloog1@lemmy.worldEnglish
          108·
          11 months ago

          It doesn’t reward it anymore than even local government control over resources. You act like nobody has ever tried to get out of a speeding ticket or fake their way to impress their lead.

          • owen@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            It incentivises producing a perceived value. So faking value works just as well as providing real value

          • Copernican@lemmy.worldEnglish
            15·
            11 months ago

            Not sure why you are down voted. Marx argues that the secret to value is human labor, and capitalists exploit labor to capture surplus value.

              • Copernican@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                11 months ago

                I think some folks, especially of the marxist POV, argue that labor is the work that you sell to make money. Progress and government require work. It’s not necessarily labor.

          • hoot@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            I had to give my head an actual shake - this can’t be a real comment. A normal, sentient human would not produce a sentence like this unironically.

            The only explanation I can come up with is the OP is a first-year economics student.

    • deafboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      Ever heard of Lysenko? The con artists and their bullshit are everywhere.

      • Nacktmull@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Very interesting, thank you for the hint. However, I would argue that Lysenko(ism) being successful in socialist Russia was an unintended result of authoritarian Idiocracy, while in capitalism the systematic promotion of con artists is a “feature”. Sorry Adam Smith but you were quite naïve …

    • Copernican@lemmy.worldEnglish
      117·
      11 months ago

      You think that’s limited to capitalism?

      Edit. Not sure why downvoted. But also, despite the controlled nature of the demo, didn’t apple kind of deliver on the marketing to an acceptable degree?

      Also, think of the self proclaimed communist leaders projecting how they solve all society’s problems, or will do so, without any proof of concept.

      • Nacktmull@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        11 months ago

        No, it’s not limited to capitalism of course but it’s especially rewarded in capitalism. I did not downvote though, in fact I upvoted because your comment is fine to me and it’s a legitimate question.