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minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down7·2 years agoOr blaming customers for problems, “You’re shifting it wrong.”
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down38·2 years agoNot sure if you’re aware that EVs don’t “shift” or if that’s an indictment to the level of idiocy that would likely be employed by Apple.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·2 years agoIt’s a reference to an actual response from Jobs when the iPhone 4(?) had a bad antenna design.
minus-square0110010001100010@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 years agoDamn, good memory, it was the 4: https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoThank you. Apparently my half joke has rustled some jimmies.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 years agoI think it’s more that you missed Dan’s joke than anyone being upset.
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoYeah I’m aware. There is mostly no reason for EVs to shift, but Toyota was trying to add a manual transmission to an EV for some reason. But “you’re shifting it wrong” would be a scenario like the car wouldn’t shift from P to D and Apple blames the driver.
Or blaming customers for problems, “You’re shifting it wrong.”
Not sure if you’re aware that EVs don’t “shift” or if that’s an indictment to the level of idiocy that would likely be employed by Apple.
It’s a reference to an actual response from Jobs when the iPhone 4(?) had a bad antenna design.
Damn, good memory, it was the 4: https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/
Thank you. Apparently my half joke has rustled some jimmies.
I think it’s more that you missed Dan’s joke than anyone being upset.
Yeah I’m aware. There is mostly no reason for EVs to shift, but Toyota was trying to add a manual transmission to an EV for some reason.
But “you’re shifting it wrong” would be a scenario like the car wouldn’t shift from P to D and Apple blames the driver.