Ok this post is probably going to cause hate mail, but you know what? this is the internet, if you don’t like what I write then you should cancel all internet access because I have news for you, the internet if FULL of people who have a say in everything (just like me).
So Steve Jobs died yesterday, I’ve read so much on this already that its making me sick. The worst part of this is random people on Facebook crying that Steve Jobs died...
Since when did the human race become so empathetic? Since when did you cry for the old lady begging for money outside in the rain? Since when did you cry over the little girl who has no home and has to beg in order to be able eat? Since when did you cry for the woman getting raped in war torn countries? Since when did you cry for the thousands upon thousands who die of starvation every day? Since when did you cry for Susie who lost her father to Pancreatic Cancer?
I hope you get my point and don’t take this the wrong way, death is tragic... I’ve tasted it like nearly every other person has, I just don’t think we should glamorise Steve Jobs as a revolutionary because you hold an iPhone in your hand right now...
Jobs' fame rests chiefly on the iPhone, sleek, innovative in its touchscreen and which enables easy access to the internet and social media when you're out and about. It has revolutionised some people's social lives to the extent that they can't live unless they can take a photo and immediately upload it to facebook. Their lives wouldn't be the same if they didn't have that app that wakes them 30 seconds before they arrive at the train station.
ReplyDeleteHe has changed some things and been a good foil to the dominance of Microsoft (who are arguably greater game changers in IT enterprise and affordable computing).
We must let the Apple fanboys give Jobs his due. Their lives would be less glamorous without their iFashion accessories and their social lives less social without their iPhones.