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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

Taipei, Taiwan
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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 6 Feb 2014

    “Why is Apple being so nostalgic?” http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/02/why-is-apple-being-so-nostalgic.html#entry-more … I’ve wondered too.

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      2. Shane‏ @jacexs 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Wow, that article is pretty bad. Looking forward to when the “Steve never made mistakes” meme goes away.

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @jacexs

        @jacexs that’s not what it’s saying IMO

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      4. Shane‏ @jacexs 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent they say nostalgia is part of a string of failures at apple after since Steve which wouldn’t have happened if he was still around.

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      1. Pavan Rajam‏ @pavanrajam 6 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent I actually penned a response to this and quoted your “Tim Cook Is a Great CEO” post in it:http://www.rajamreport.com/post/75771976447/understanding-apple …

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      1. Justin Scholz‏ @JMoVS 6 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent now that iOS isn't nostalgic in optics (the previous haptic design), they themselves are?

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      2. Steven Op de beeck‏ @steven_odb 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent completely off the rails in the last two categories, though.

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      3. Steven Op de beeck‏ @steven_odb 6 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent and it's not about denying Apple's lost it. We will see they lost it when their next product is a dud. Not because 4y of silence.

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      2. Pedro Andrade‏ @pedrocandrade 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent If were to write such an article, I'd give it credit. But yet another angle of the "Apple is Doomed" to promote a book...

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      3. Pedro Andrade‏ @pedrocandrade 6 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent if *you* were to write...

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      1. A E‏ @arcsine 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent What other companies in any industry have been around 30 years? Of those, how many define the pinnacle of their industry? Good PR

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      1. Anthony Flores‏ @tonyflo 6 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent Interesting point were someone like you to write the article, but author's take was nonsense. http://www.macworld.com/article/2094461/the-macalope-dont-look-back-in-anger-or-happiness.html#tk.rss_all …

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      1. Chris Gervais  🥁‏ @cgervais 6 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent Either because they're proud of the massive impact they've had on the computing world. Or it's the first step of something big.

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      1. Nathan Ferguson‏ @natetehgreat 6 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent Side-effect of, post-Jobs, every functional group being allowed to pursue its logical extreme? Cf. marketing, iOS 7, Mac Pro, etc.

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