Asked if he has learned anything from Antennagate, Steve Jobs’ response basically boils down to one thing: haters gonna hate.
” I guess it’s just human nature, when you see someone get successful you just want to tear it down,” said Jobs.
“Look at everything they’ve created. Would you prefer we’re Korean companies? Do you not like the fact that we’re an American company leading the world right here?”
Am I reading that right? Did Jobs just say that people shouldn’t criticize Apple as much as other companies because they are Americans? Yeesh.
Luckily he followed it with a better argument:
“I look at this and think wow. Apple has been around 30 years. Haven’t we earned the credibility and trust that we’re going to take care of our users?”
“Of course we’re human, of course we’ll make mistakes,” admits Jobs. “But sometimes I feel that in search of eyeballs for these web sites, people don’t care about what they leave in their wake.”
Like dipped Apple stock value, perhaps?
“We weren’t just innocents in this. But the reaction has been so overblown.”
Jobs ended his answer with a plea. “Help us out here.”
[image, quotes via GDGT]
