Apple Turnover
a year ago
- #Leadership
- #Apple
- #CorporatePhilosophy
- Ambrosia Software's philosophy: Virtue leads to money and good things, not the other way around.
- Apple's success was built on prioritizing great products over profits, but recent decisions suggest a shift in focus.
- Apple's leadership has increasingly prioritized control, leverage, and profits over product quality and customer experience.
- Examples include restrictive App Store policies, high upgrade costs, and resistance to competitive features like in-app Kindle purchases.
- Apple's internal culture appears resistant to change, with leadership doubling down on controversial decisions despite legal and public backlash.
- The author argues that Apple needs new leadership to realign with its original virtuous cycle of product excellence driving success.