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cmer | 3 years ago

He makes a ton of money, but if we look what he’s accomplished since he took the helm at Apple, I think it’s fair for him to be immensely compensated.

Many thought Apple was dead when Jobs passed. What Cook did is nothing short of phenomenal. I’d argue he did better than Jobs would have done.

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mullingitover|3 years ago

Cook was arguably the real brains behind Apple's turnaround back in the early 2000s - he was a supply chain wizard as COO, and when Jobs was out of the picture it made absolutely zero difference in the company's performance. There's a reasonable case to be made that Cook was actually the main driver of the company's success even before Jobs departed.

lapcat|3 years ago

Because Tim Cook invented the iPhone? The iPod? Mac OS X?

The supply chain is irrelevant unless you have consumer demand for your products.

Apple brought back Jobs because they needed his operating system NeXTSTEP. How many operating systems has Tim Cook ever developed?

Cook literally never led a software or hardware product team until he became CEO, after which he "technically" led every team at Apple.

Jobs was behind Apple II, Lisa, Macintosh, NeXT, Mac OS X, iMac, MacBook, iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc. It's absurd to compare Cook with Jobs. Cook started as CEO gifted with some of the greatest tech products in history. Halfway between 3rd base and home plate, to use a baseball metaphor. Of course he's going to score.

Honestly, other than spec bumps such as speed and battery life, I don't think my Apple products are any better than they were 15 years ago. I think the design is actually worse now in many ways.

lapcat|3 years ago

> I’d argue he did better than Jobs would have done.

At making money? Possibly.

At making quality products. Definitely not.

ipqk|3 years ago

No one thought Apple was dead when Jobs died.