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I HATE APPLE but force touch, Apple Pencil and iPad Pro made me think that Apple is finally away from the thumb of Jobs and is making things that are actually useful for some people and getting made. It use to seem like they made everything for the 90% and could care less for the last 10%.

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> It use to seem like they made everything for the 90% and could care less for the last 10%.

This is an interesting take when looking historically at Apple's marketshare.

Well if you look they did this with getting 90% of their target audience. They did it with how they made things for their audience. If it didn't fit the 90% of our users will use this they didn't make it. This is regardless to market share.

Is that disclaimer really necessary?

Yes it is. People still don't see this. Look at the verges apologetics on Steve Jobs and the stylus. http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/9/9298117/apple-pencil-stylus...

The main point was this was about iPhone in 2007 and not an iPad. So apple and oranges.

My counter point: Microsoft's first tablet had a stylus and was mocked it was 12 years and a good screen away. Surface had the pencil beat three years ago. https://twitter.com/APZonerunner/status/641665840803352576/p...

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