The belief that companies, especially technology companies, know what the customer wants before the customer does. This was pioneered by Steve Jobs when he was CEO of Apple. His famous quote was, “Some people say, Give the customers what they want." But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, "If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, 'A faster horse!'" People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page.“
This law was used to launch products that consumers had never thought of such as iTunes and iPhone and they worked spectacularly because consumers actually enjoyed the products and it simplified their media and daily life for a time.
Today, Steve Jobs Law is a smokescreen by big tech to ram new products and services down our throats without any input by customers and they expect us to immediately adapt the new products/upgrades/services without complaint, use it in our daily lives, and expect us to pay for the privilege. The Steve Jobs Law has now morphed into a totalitarian force within technology where forced adaptation is not only expected, it should be celebrated, and any attempt at customization by consumers that was celebrated previously must be stamped out immediately.
This law was used to launch products that consumers had never thought of such as iTunes and iPhone and they worked spectacularly because consumers actually enjoyed the products and it simplified their media and daily life for a time.
Today, Steve Jobs Law is a smokescreen by big tech to ram new products and services down our throats without any input by customers and they expect us to immediately adapt the new products/upgrades/services without complaint, use it in our daily lives, and expect us to pay for the privilege. The Steve Jobs Law has now morphed into a totalitarian force within technology where forced adaptation is not only expected, it should be celebrated, and any attempt at customization by consumers that was celebrated previously must be stamped out immediately.
Did I ever ask for this A.I. upgrade on my Microsoft Office? I don’t need this on my spreadsheet or my PowerPoint! I know how to build it to my specifications. But due to the Steve Jobs Law, I, the customer, don’t know anything about technology and how I can use it to my benefit. I am told what is good for me, I am expected to upgrade to it, and I am expected to pay for it!
by Lumburgh Survivor July 5, 2025
Get the Steve Jobs Lawmug. Job, or to Job someone:
Beating up or doing violent acts to a happy, functioning couple in the street.
Spelled "Job", case sensitive
Beating up or doing violent acts to a happy, functioning couple in the street.
Spelled "Job", case sensitive
by Aestronom September 17, 2025
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Get the Grease jobmug. Sophisticated, well spoken, beautiful man who behaves like an actual animal. Although his looks may trick you, he is actually more resembling of a beast
by Dudewiththerudecrude November 21, 2021
Get the job van breukelenmug. a job that pays, as the name suggests, better (i.e. more), than minimum wage in your society, in your zeitgeist.
son: I want to work but I dont want to nigger at McDonalds or Burger King, or perform some other unqualified job.
father: I have a solution for you. Shut up, get an education, or not, it's up to you, to then pull yourself up by your boot straps and get a better paying job.Brandon, either become self employed, or go work in construction so you can later hopefully open your own construction firm.
father: I have a solution for you. Shut up, get an education, or not, it's up to you, to then pull yourself up by your boot straps and get a better paying job.Brandon, either become self employed, or go work in construction so you can later hopefully open your own construction firm.
by Sexydimma December 19, 2013
Get the better paying jobmug. In a Teppanyaki act, the cook bounces the spinning egg off of his knee and proceeds catch the egg back on the spatula
by squidpp April 17, 2022
Get the Knee Jobmug.