With Kanye West’s astute analysis of Apple’s business, his close friendship with Steve Wozniak, and his unabashed love for “Jony Ives” (sic), Tim Cook must count his lucky stars every day that he managed to scoop the role of Apple CEO out from under Mr. Kim Kardashian.
Perhaps Yeezy was too busy laying down vocals for Watch The Throne to take over running Apple business back in 2011.
Whatever the reason, Apple probably wouldn’t be in too great shape under the control of Kanye since in a new interview he reveals what he thinks Steve Jobs should’ve done as his final move at Apple: given all the company’s patents away.
Yes, really.
Speaking with a crowd of 350 students at Oxford University recently, the world famous rapper noted that:
“I love Steve Jobs, he’s my favourite person, but there’s one thing that disappoints me. When Steve passed he didn’t give the ideas up. That’s kinda selfish. You know that Elon’s like ‘yeah, take these ideas’. Maybe there are companies outside of Apple that could work on them and push humanity forward. Maybe the stock brokers won’t like that, the stock holders wouldn’t like that idea, but ideas are free and you can’t be selfish with them.”
Kanye is no doubt referring to Elon Musk’s decision to make all of Tesla’s patents freely available, as a means by which to grow the electric car industry. Of course, there’s no point in articulating why this would be damaging to Apple’s business, or why a nascent industry like the electric car one is nothing like 99 percent of Apple’s businesses, which are in heavily saturated areas like the smartphone market.
Ultimately, it’s just another example of Kanye chipping in with advice to cement his status as the next Steve Jobs (or the “Steve Jobs of The Gap” as he recently hilariously described himself).
With so many non-stop messages for Tim Cook about how to run his business, maybe Yeezy should consider striking up a friendship with activist investor Carl Icahn?
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
16 responses to “Kanye West says Steve Jobs should have given away his ideas before he died”
Why does this brain dead half-tard even warrant the electricity to post this drivel online. We are doomed as a society when people idolize dimwits like him, and can’t contain their excitement every time he shares his idiotic observations. I’m surprised he didn’t say Steve Jobs should have given his ideas directly to Beyonce.
Maybe he can give all his music away then….. right, didn’t think so.
Right. His songs are just ideas. He should give them away for free.
Why do people keep enabling this clown by buying his music? Kanye West is an absolute moron and his music totally sucks. The fact that this guy is rich and famous makes me fear for the future of humanity.
How bout’ anytime there is anything related to “Kanye West” you just don’t post it on here. That would make me a much happier person! ;)
Would make a lot of people much happier!!
Kanye West as CEO of Apple would bring as many tears of laugher as it would grief.
I have one major quibble with y’all: It’s “scoop the ROLE of Apple CEO” not “scoop the ROLL of Apple CEO.” Seriously, your proof-reading is atrocious.
I’ma let you finish but… no, seriously, thanks for pointing it out. Have changed. :D
Can’t stand this guy, anything of merit he might have done has been devalued and over shadowed by his arrogant attitude. Anything he says is basically a joke nowadays and I wish he would just fade away in obscurity.
“Kanye West says” – I’m sorry, I stopped listening after that.
Why do we care what this no-talent hack has to say about anything!!!!!
Steve didn’t give his ideas away because: 1) theres a lot of selfish people out there who will take these ideas, and stash them somewhere else for nobody to have, and we would all be screwed (who killed the electric car doc) 2) Steve and the rest of Apple doesn’t tell anyone because they think they could push humanity further than anyone else, hence why they’re keeping it a secret some nobody details them.
It’s actually common sense. It amazes me how someone like Kanye couldn’t realize that within seconds.
“It’s actually common sense. It amazes me how someone like Kanye couldn’t realize that within seconds.”
Wouldn’t that be because this idiot has no common sense?
I would imagine that Jobs did give his ideas away…to Tim Cook and Apple. *rolls eyes*
no kanye since your a so called genius figure out his ideas for yourself
If ideas are free he should stop charging for his garbage music. Why get paid? I be this idiot doesn’t even know that large parts of his investments are tied up in apple potentially and would be worthless the very next day if this happened. What a moron.