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Why Apple No Longer Understands Steve Jobs

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No one who understands technology and product design would ever dispute that Steve Jobs changed the way the world works. We've already looked at all the ways the iPhone is now inferior to its competitors despite having been the pioneer in the field of smartphones. But it's also possible to prove empirically, and with some simple logic, that Apple today no longer understands the design philosophy of its visionary founder. When Jobs decided to remove the disk drive from the MacBook Pro to create the MacBook Air , it removed some very important functionality. But the result of that loss, was a huge gain in the portability and overall usability of the product. The new Air was nearly half the weight of its predecessor, and nearly half as thin. So just ask yourself this — what have the current generation of MacBooks gained from having all useful ports replaced by the USB-C ports? These new Macs have suffered a tremendous loss in usability — now requiring ungainly