--- title: "7 Apple Quotes By Douglas Rushkoff" description: "7 Apple quotes by Douglas Rushkoff. Plus more from Douglas Rushkoff and more Apple sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/douglas-rushkoff-2188_advertising_google-did-a-great-job-hacking-the-web-t_1523757.png" --- > [Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/google-did-a-great-job-hacking-the-web-to-create-search-and-then/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/douglas-rushkoff-2188_advertising_google-did-a-great-job-hacking-the-web-t_1523757.png) > [Apple enjoys 'Harry Potter'-like adoration and queues because it sells physical objects, limited by the pace of assembly lines in China. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/apple-enjoys-harry-potter-like-adoration-and-queues-because-it-sells/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/douglas-rushkoff-2188_adoration_apple-enjoys-harry-potter-like-adoration_1798390.png) > [The reason why Apple computers have worked so well over time is that, unlike Microsoft, they don't bend over backward to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/the-reason-why-apple-computers-have-worked-so-well-over-time-is-that/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/douglas-rushkoff-2188_apple_the-reason-why-apple-computers-have-work_1854442.jpg) > [One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/one-argument-against-open-systems-is-that-they-become-open-to/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/douglas-rushkoff-2188_apple_one-argument-against-open-systems-is-tha_2160875.jpg) > [The iPad - contrary to the way most people thought about it - is not a tablet computer running the Apple operating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/the-ipad-contrary-to-the-way-most-people-thought-about-it-is-not-a/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/douglas-rushkoff-2188_apple_the-ipad-contrary-to-the-way-most-people_2432497.png) > [As Apple continues to release new styles of netbooks, laptops, and even desktops with untold movie-watching and game-playing capabilities, I wouldn't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/as-apple-continues-to-release-new-styles-of-netbooks-laptops-and-even/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/douglas-rushkoff-2188_apple_as-apple-continues-to-release-new-styles_2734139.jpg) > [To buy an Apple product is to bet on the longevity of the closed system to which we've committed ourselves. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/to-buy-an-apple-product-is-to-bet-on-the-longevity-of-the-closed/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/douglas-rushkoff-2188_apple_to-buy-an-apple-product-is-to-bet-on-the_3001164.png) ## Other authors on Apple ## More by Douglas Rushkoff > [The first step toward maintaining autonomy in any programmed environment is to be aware that there's programming going on. It's as simple as understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/the-first-step-toward-maintaining-autonomy-in-any-programmed/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [Digital media are biased toward replication and storage. Our digital photos practically upload and post themselves on Facebook, and our most deleted e-mails tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/digital-media-are-biased-toward-replication-and-storage-our-digital/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [“And spend they did. Money circulated faster and spread wider through its communities of use than at any other time in economic history.8 Workers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/and-spend-they-did-money-circulated-faster-and-spread-wider-through/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [Occupy Wall Street is meant more as a way of life that spreads through contagion, creates as many questions as it answers, aims to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/occupy-wall-street-is-meant-more-as-a-way-of-life-that-spreads/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/time-has-always-been-used-against-us-on-a-certain-level-the-invention/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [What makes a great standalone piece of hardware is not the same thing as what makes a great networking device. One can work as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/what-makes-a-great-standalone-piece-of-hardware-is-not-the-same-thing/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [Digiphrenia - how technology lets us be in more than one place - and self - at the same time. Drone pilots suffer more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/digiphrenia-how-technology-lets-us-be-in-more-than-one-place-and-self/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [A currency designed for long-term storage and investment doesn't do so well at encouraging transactions and exchange in the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/a-currency-designed-for-long-term-storage-and-investment-doesn-t-do/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [Since the 1960s, mainstream media has searched out and co-opted the most authentic things it could find in youth culture, whether that was psychedelic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/since-the-1960s-mainstream-media-has-searched-out-and-co-opted-the/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [Children are being adultified because our economy is depending on them to make purchasing decisions. So they're essentially the victims of a marketing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/children-are-being-adultified-because-our-economy-is-depending-on/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [In spite of my own reservations about Bing's ability to convert Google users, I have to admit that the search engine does offer a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/in-spite-of-my-own-reservations-about-bing-s-ability-to-convert/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [“Limbic consonance is the little-known process through which the mood of a room changes when a happy or nervous person walks in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/limbic-consonance-is-the-little-known-process-through-which-the-mood/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [Think 'Game of Thrones.' In the old days, this sort of show might be considered bad writing. It doesn't really seem to be moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/think-game-of-thrones-in-the-old-days-this-sort-of-show-might-be/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [We have the alternative. "Do I want to be on the subway looking at these people, or do I want to be in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/we-have-the-alternative-do-i-want-to-be-on-the-subway-looking-at/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) > [Digiphrenia”—the way our media and technologies encourage us to be in more than one place at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/digiphrenia-the-way-our-media-and-technologies-encourage-us-to-be-in/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apple/douglas-rushkoff/#itemlist", "name": "7 Apple Quotes By Douglas Rushkoff", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. 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