Apple Vision Pro's development graveyard exemplifies Apple's '1,000 no's to every yes'
If any of Apple's thousands of employees dare leave the company, or if one of hundreds of internal prototypes doesn't make it to production, you better believe punditry will be there to let us know. The critical analysis almost always suffers from the same problem: asking Apple to chase the puck to where it is today, not where it is going. Look, there are a dozen Steve Jobs-isms that I can throw in here that should tell you exactly how Apple operates.
- ▪If any of Apple's thousands of employees dare leave the company, or if one of hundreds of internal prototypes doesn't make it to production, you better believe punditry will be there to let us know.
- ▪The critical analysis almost always suffers from the same problem: asking Apple to chase the puck to where it is today, not where it is going.
- ▪Look, there are a dozen Steve Jobs-isms that I can throw in here that should tell you exactly how Apple operates.
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News Apple Vision Pro's development graveyard exemplifies Apple's '1,000 no's to every yes' Wesley Hilliard 2 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Sun Sep 27 2026, 11:46 AM EDT · 4 minute read Apple is the only one that knows if Apple Vision Pro is a success or failure Pundits continue to hold up clear signs of restraint as failures while asking Apple to behave like Meta, OpenAI, Google, or anyone else but themselves, especially when discussing Apple Vision Pro. If any of Apple's thousands of employees dare leave the company, or if one of hundreds of internal prototypes doesn't make it to production, you better believe punditry will be there to let us know.
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