Apple gives two fucks about media pressure. Their longstanding history of giving in to pressure almost exclusively is responsive to their users, either:
- pro/dev users who act as their trend setters (see recent backpedals on keyboards and Mac Pro form factor)
- people hacking stuff where it’s popular enough they want more influence on the UX (bootcamp)
I cited a pretty huge example (bootcamp) where there was no media pressure at all. There was definitely tech pressure, but the media had no dog in the fight.
- pro/dev users who act as their trend setters (see recent backpedals on keyboards and Mac Pro form factor)
- people hacking stuff where it’s popular enough they want more influence on the UX (bootcamp)