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. by NeedOxygenPlease July 12, 2024
Get the Brick jobmug. The female equivalent of a bro job. It's still heterosexual unlike two female partners eating each other out
Bruh I so wanted Anne and Sasha (from amphibia) to trade sis job(s) after their performance in Battle of the Bands
by Funnyclock301956 May 14, 2021
Get the Sis jobmug. This is my third, Sheryl Crow's, "Soak Up The Sun" joke. If she gets "A Rummy Job" from Goliath Games, as a Rumi K, dealer, this means, she hates this game! My joke, on the lyric: "I've got a crummy job!"
Sheryl Crow, complains Goliath Games, has given her, "A Rummy Job" when she wanted, to be a poker dealer, instead! A joke!
by I'mcrazy August 8, 2024
Get the A Rummy Jobmug. relating to the work done or the people working in a nonskilled or nonprofessional environment, which can be easily overtaken by immigrants. The word insinuates micro-aggression, however, when you are confronted by people who ask what exactly are black jobs, you just answer 'anybody has a job' to avoid awkwardness.
by Johnny Seven O.M.A. August 1, 2024
Get the Black jobsmug. by CandyCaneGod November 14, 2023
Get the Job centralmug. by Cementjobguy March 15, 2014
Get the cement jobmug.