Comment by NitpickLawyer
6 days ago
This sounds like the "acchhshually the iphone wasn't the first touchscreen phone, we had the motorola x34 vr34 t435 that did that one year before". Sure. Does anyone remember that phone? No? Well, the iphone changed the world.
The iPhone was the product-ized version of the smartphone. Smartphones were not a new technology, Apple's implementation of it in the iPhone is not unique. Web browsing, caller ID and MP3 playback were not new or world-changing features for a mobile phone.
"the iPhone changed the world" and "ChatGPT changed the world" are indeed both midwit takes that will get you mocked in technical circles. Both products have a net negative impact on technological progress and directly contribute to the enshittification of their respective market segments.