For The Apple Lovers and Critics: How We Remember Steve : Tom's Hardware and The Legacy Of Critical Thinking

For The Apple Lovers and Critics: How We Remember Steve : Tom's Hardware

Jobs believed: "It isn't the consumer's job to know what they want." In so many ways, he was right. Most people love technology but aren't equipped to articulate what they want it to be like. But many of you are. And when Jobs' acted like you didn't have the brains to know better, it pissed you off. But you were in the minority.

While the debate often got nasty (and will probably continue to rage passionately into the future—at least, I hope so!), I woke up this morning and realized something: Steve Jobs thrived on criticism. He needed the debates and analysis and yes—even the anger and frustration—that could be found on our sites and sites like ours. Many vocal tech consumers fawned all over Jobs and his products. They weren’t wrong to do so, but they didn’t necessarily contribute as much towards Apple’s product development direction as the critics probably did. Jobs’ didn’t say it, but I will: Where would Steve Jobs be without those critics? How far would he, and Apple, have come? Everyone—including, and especially great thinkers and visionaries—needs critics, and I’m proud that Tom’s Hardware was part of that legacy in the history of personal computing. May it continue to be so.

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