Facebook Messenger joining the long list of discontinued Apple Watch apps later this month Apple Watch

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/11/meta-killing-facebook-messenger-apple-watch-app/

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I did a double take there. I’d learnt it as form follows function but just went down a rabbit hole of form over function and apple and Jonny Ive. Cheers for the comment.

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u/External-Bit-4202 May 12 '23

It should be form follows function, or at least equal in my opinion. But Jony had a tendency to put design first even if some features or functionality suffered for it.

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u/mrrooftops May 12 '23

Jony didn't have a say on the software or internal electronic capabilities, he just made the shell. It was the company strategy to do what it did.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '23

He was one of three C level executives from 2013 to 2019 at the company as chief design officer. He had as much say as he wanted. The other two were chief executive officer, chief financial officer and then eventually chief operations officer. He may have had to talk to Tim Cook about anything, that’s it

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u/sharpshooter42 May 16 '23

Jony didn't have a say on the software

Did he not lead the iOS7 redesign?

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u/mrrooftops May 16 '23

Just the design system, not the actual features and functions.

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u/OkThanxby May 12 '23

Yeah form follows function is the exact opposite of form over function.