Jony Ive on What He Misses Most About Steve Jobs

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If you are a subscriber to the Wall Street Journal, I highly recommend this article, “Jony Ive on What He Misses Most About Steve Jobs.”

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It was a real tear-jerker.

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I’m not a WSJ subscriber but I don’t think I need Jony. I know what I miss about Steve. I miss a guy who was passionate about good products. Not passionate about advertising identity politics in his storefronts while ignoring human rights horrors in his factories.

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Man, I can’t believe it was nearly a decade ago that Steve Jobs died… :cry:

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Frustrating that this remembrance is paywalled. Was Jony paid for it? If so, that seems weird. If not, why not self-publish? Alas.

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It’s the Wall Street Journal. Not some random blog.

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There’s a nice video and letter on the Apple homepage today, too.

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I don’t think debating about modern publishing platforms is material, here. My point is, if I wrote a memorial about someone, or if someone wrote one about me, I’d want it to reach as many folks as possible. I wouldn’t want it to be a subscription-bait product. It degrades the significance of the work and tarnishes the meaning of the piece, if only a little.

I’m not a WSJ subscriber. I couldn’t name anyone I know who is. And I am not that interested in paying $10/month to WSJ’s journalists and editors for a heartfelt letter penned by someone who isn’t involved with the WSJ. So I will not be able to read this piece by Ive, which is too bad, because everyone’s saying such nice things about it. I suppose I will experience it vicariously.

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And yet here we are with a commercialized memorial.

(I really just wanted to whine. This would be much easier if everyone just agreed with me. :smiling_face_with_tear:)

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And I’m surprised it’s not available thru Apple News+! Or at least I can’t find it.

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I wonder what it says about Apple News—or about me, perhaps—that I didn’t check there. Why didn’t anyone say so!?

Clearly, I am the MPU community’s collective responsibility. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Now to add it to a reading list and get to it in a couple of years.

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No, you are not. Drop it, please.

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Maybe you should start your own newspaper?

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Then you’ll appreciate that fact that, when I clicked that link, it was the first time News had opened. On a computer that’s been on its current macOS install since…well…Big Sur was released? :slight_smile:

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@tipper-bonylad I imagine you’re referring to my “collective responsibility” joke. It was a joke, as in “I should’ve found this on my own.” Apologies.

@Clarke_Ching As I said above, I do not think debating about modern media platforms is relevant to this discussion. The issue is that this is a paywalled memorial… it’s like being charged $10/month to hear a eulogy or visit a tombstone. Doesn’t matter if it shows up on a blog or a newspaper or a magazine; either way, it’s a little wrong.

I do not want to (continue to) derail the thread. If folks want to fight me about this issue for whatever reason, feel free to start a new thread. Otherwise I encourage you to comment directly on Jony Ive’s reflections on Steve Jobs (if you can read it :wink:).

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Gee and I thought I’d started a nice thread. :wink:

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Yeah, I’m going to have to agree with you. It’s really frustrating.

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Forgive me if this isn’t kosher, but here’s an archive link for the article for those unable to read WSJ. https://archive.is/itnJD

I thought it was a nice piece.

By the way, LoveFrom has no website. I think that’s pretty cool, even though I’m in that business.

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I certainly agree with you, Ryan. Not exactly classy. But, on the other hand, it is beautiful.

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I noticed that too. This resulting site—in which a designer tries to co-opt the LoveFrom brand purely to try to get the attention of Jony Ive and Mark Newson—is hilarious:

I wonder how people contact Jony and Mark to hire them. Networks, I guess.

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