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367: ‘Slow-Moving Hurricane’, With Craig Hockenberry

The Talk Show With John Gruber

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The iPhone App Store

I think it's what most people would guess was the truth, which is that there were some people in Apple. Who felt like it's inevitable that we're going to have an app store. And then, you know, I think Steve Jobs himself was, I think sort of had a we'll see attitude towards it. It was like,You know, this is a possibility. Let's not discard it. The pickles kind of disappeared and that's how they got away with all those rich textures.

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