How iPod was created | Tony Fadell and Lex Fridman

[@IntheEndAhNevermind]

This was a pivotal moment for Apple. And Tony Fadell was there to make it happen. Bravo.

[@bluehorizon-e8s]

he has phoenician blood he s of Lebanese origin and Christian those are known to be very innovative engaging charming very welcoming people.

[@seffers4788]

So many moments throughout this story that are just purely chill educing. What an amazing thing!

[@jt3013]

OG iPod + Pink Floyd = my middle/high school bliss

[@stanleylevitz]

I took a capful of gin each time he ended a sentence with the word, "right?", and I passed out hours ago.

[@SwapBlogRU]

I've got an iPod classic. It's an absolutely marvelous device, with seemingly limitless memory (ok, it's 160 gigabytes, but that's way more than I'll ever need).

[@nikreasoner2519]

Been rocking mine for years now (on my 3rd one but still) greatest thing ever made

[@alexbenzie2140]

Just FYI, memory is different from storage.

[@baron0877]

Same, had it since 2008 and it's still going strong. I don't know what I'll do when it finally kicks the bucket.

[@dcnightwing6938]

160 GB , bro that rocks

[@vidgamarr5126]

Still have my 7th generation classic. Over 16 years old and it still works. 11K songs, most of which were all imported from my massive CD collection over the years. That was a very magical time, the iPod was just such a fantastic consumer product in every aspect.

[@darrylr]

Great interview. Not only did Fadell drive all this, but he is a great story teller.

[@kevineinheuser8643]

Growing up in the 90s was so special, the amount of tech innovation was incredible, seem like every year something huge would drop. As a kid, I was sooooo in tune with the 16 bit wars and everything that progress from that era! Seems like the only things of late is just social media apps.......... but its a marvel that I can leave this comment here while streaming Lex's content via a handheld device 😉

[@davywavy3724]

Software is finally catching up with the hardware. It’s very underrated how much storage space has changed in the 2000s. I remember thinking 16 gb was a lot in 2009. Now 2 TB cost $50. I bought 5gb USBs for $15 and thought that was futuristic 😂

[@VoidOfDarkness9]

@@davywavy3724 also software blob is becoming greater.

[@AnHebrewChild]

@@davywavy3724 16GB, a lot? In 2009 I had an iPod with 160GB and a laptop with a half Terabyte. In 2023, I have an iPhone with 128GB and a laptop with a half Terabyte.

[@dreamingthelife]

​@@AnHebrewChild they were probably meaning 16GB was a lot for solid state, not like a 160GB hard drive

[@joblo2671]

I am a musician and avid music lover too! I remember when the ipod first came out, I was not much into apple, but was just over the moon about my first ipod ($300-400!!60gb!!) But it was a real game changer, and everyone knew it too

[@rabidlenny7221]

1:06 “I get a clock radio, he cannot afford. Great success 👍🏼👍🏼”

[@zacharyalan4977]

I can only afford a window from a glass. 😭

[@harsimranbansal5355]

The story of apple was pretty wild. I would suggest people reading Steve Job’s biography to really get a deep understanding if you’re interested. Definitely a very special dude.

[@bluehorizon-e8s]

job didn t invent anything he took the credit for everyone else work.as he did with his first partner. he spoke of jobs lies and how deceitful he was. everybody spoke of his arrogance and evil nature .even his daughter who suffered a lot. ideolosizing a buffer fish.

[@TomScryleus]

I remember owning a mp3 player in 1999. Only problem was it had like 8mb of storage. Not a lot of songs fit on it. :) But it was so cool.

[@thatgoatguy6081]

Dude has some awesome music taste

[@gottago671]

I really enjoyed that interview

[@beefyogurt]

love tony's passion

[@bluehorizon-e8s]

he's the real inventor. he should take all the credit. he reminds me of those geniuses of the age of enlightenment.

[@CipherSerpico]

1:34: It’s impossible for me to not comment on that. If it’s strictly “Classic Rock”, imho… 15. Cream - White Room 14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir 13. The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again 12. Led Zeppelin - Since I’ve Been Loving You 11. The Who - Baba O’Riley 10. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 9. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 8. The Eagles - Hotel California 7. Rolling Stones - Satisfaction 6. Pink Floyd - Time 5. Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower 4. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 3. Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil 2. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven 1. Derek & The Dominoes - Layla _(That’s not including Artist like The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Elvis, etc. since I don’t really consider them “Rock/Classic Rock”; as well as Artists like Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell… which were from “non-Rock” genres)._

[@codyhardman3636]

That’s just like, your opinion, man

[@CipherSerpico]

@@codyhardman3636 Forget it Donny, you’re outta your element.

[@Stopher2475]

As if there weren't mp3 players before the iPod.😂

[@Pizzapartydad]

It’s really odd to me that he doesn’t mention key collaborations within Apple, like Phil Schiller coming up with the click wheel. Jon Rubinstein did an interview where he actually gives credit to individual contributors. Watching these two, it makes me think there was some bad blood between Jon and Tony.

[@plutobaby9996]

I think they don’t like each other because Steve didn’t go with his ideas and went with jony’s when they came up with the iPhone

[@remcolok]

do you have a link to that interview? Seems interesting.

[@bluehorizon-e8s]

toni is the co creator of the iPhone and created the ipod. so toni is the one.

[@SuperMcgenius]

Yes, when I was 10 I did the same clock radio hack. Good to known I was not alone.

[@clarkzhang9476]

besides inventing ipod, i like his show deal or no deal.

[@bluehorizon-e8s]

I dint understand what about deal or no deal.

[@followmeto2512]

MP3 came in 1992, 1993. In 1997 came the first commercial MP3 PLAYERS...

[@bronco1199]

Keep on Rockin in the free World -Neil Young. It has it all, meaningful lyrics and a rocking tune driving the words.

[@DannyTheBarGod]

The ipod is one of the greatest inventions ever

[@bluehorizon-e8s]

made in biblical Lebanon.

[@MarcoBonechi]

So the real invention was MP3 algorithm. Somehow they are not a trillion dollar corporation.

[@alishamthiel]

Dark side!!! YESSSSSS

[@alishamthiel]

One continuous song!

[@Dehangus]

@@alishamthiel Do you like Meddle? I prefer it a lot.

[@theodorecross7705]

11:54 SCANDALOUS!

[@darthsensei3838]

Stairway is incredible

[@demef758]

Greatest song of all time, as George Carlin observed, was "In a Gadda Da Vida"....

[@visionaguilar]

Apple killed it with design, storage, compatibility with PC's, and ease of use. They also put a lot of care with copyrights.

[@jeffdaniel1000]

Such a humble person who made such an impact on the world.

[@bluehorizon-e8s]

indeed FADELL is Christian Lebanese.

[@RGVNC]

7th Gen IPod Nano...Chef's Kiss

[@RGVNC]

Stairway is pretty good but it's no Sweet Child O Mine. Lol

[@clausbacher]

Bill Burr explained it…

[@evanwilliamson8338]

BIG little BIG little. GET ON ITTT

[@johnsoptelean3080]

Nerd convention

[@d0ntreply]

the mac, the ipod and the iphone were apples greatest products and biggest contributions to consumer electronics.

[@gofigure17]

The right answer is Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) by Bruce Springsteen

[@t1nk3rtail0r]

wikipedia, yes, I fully agree (and contribute, with money) with you Mr Lex

[@toutenunmot]

True, people in that era who learned to use apple computers where laughed at. Nobody took apple serious.

[@johnwatson1165]

“Wish you were here”

[@justtestingonce]

The bullshit claims start at 7:30, so much stuttering, he’s lucky Jobs is not alive or that Ive doesn’t run around blabbing how great he is. If Jobs listened to this guy, we’d be stuck with a desktop on a phone.

[@Vinxvx]

I bought the very first ipod when they came out back then. And I remember literally sayin dam.. All you gotta do now if put some more buttons on it and ear pieces and make this thing a phone... Sure enough it happened with the iPhone

[@sureshnishtala2887]

Incridable origination story behind Ipod ......The way Steve jobs Said that 2 quarters of the marketing dollars would be put in to ipod was a very couragious decision at a time when Mac was struggling and apple was just break even.... Visinory for a reason....

[@RobEcu123]

By coping tech that was already on the market and giving it the same boring design they still use today. Not a mystery.

[@raginald7mars408]

as a German Biologist - we had a brilliant Man in Germany : Max Grundig - engineering high tech in the 1960´s - with one of he first portable Cassette players we all had to have as a MUST - way before Sony Walkman! - and Grundig arrogantly did not pursue that - as he could not ever imagine a person - wearing headphones in public listening to music etc. Incredible arrogance. Arrogance destroys entire Industries. A paradoxx how the arrogance of Steve Jobs became so creative and constructive. I personally still refuse to wear any “headphones”... and never ever bought anything from “Apple” - and never will - my arrogance...

[@mambax1633]

What about wearing some in private?

[@arsenasvarov1400]

Partially agree. I still cant get fully used to touch screen typing. I still miss blackberry dearly. I swear, if Steve Jobs came up to me with the first iphone prototype, in the times when blackberry was ruling, i would tell him "dude, no one is gonna buy it. How the hell are u suppose to type"

[@TheZenithphoenix]

Probably a nazi too.

[@mitchellsmith4601]

Apple bought SoundJam and rebranded it as iTunes.

[@Dehangus]

For me there's better zeppelin songs. Achilles Last Stand, No Quarter, Kashmir...

[@umairahmadmalik]

I bought an iPod early on but never bought another apple product till the iPad mini becuase of itunes.

[@Nicolchu_]

Led Zeppelin & Queen

[@markwhitely4021]

Stairway to Heaven.

[@jackiwannapaint]

lex is right about wikipedia--an amazing resource

[@m.a.b.4104]

Yes Lex, definitely agree about Wikipedia, truely is a great website.

[@danielstartek1497]

Who's the square with the tie?

[@ot44eto]

Jokes aside, Led Zeppelin is amazing.

[@hawaiisidecar]

Ipods suck compared to the mp3 players I had in the late 90s.

[@musicisfree91]

Which were those?

[@hawaiisidecar]

@@musicisfree91 I had a Innogear MiniJam MP3 Springboard Module for my Handspring around 2000.

[@misc310]

Not true.

[@hawaiisidecar]

@@misc310 You aren't old enough to remember the late 90s.

[@misc310]

@@hawaiisidecar 45yrs old. All windows based m p 3 players where wack. Broke easy and ugly. Had a few of them before the ipod. I still have the my 1st ipod and it works.

[@mattman3188]

"two quarters of all marketing dollars"... Who talks like this lol

[@Nedski42YT]

iTunes.... what a f*ing POS! All the different music software from that time were also garbage. At least the ones I knew about. All that was ever needed was an application that ripped and/or compressed music to a smaller file and simply use a computers included file management program to copy/move the music file to the mobile player. Artist, album, song. There are now generations of computer users who do NOT know how to use file manager software because all those early attempts at "simplifying" file management were MORE difficult to use than Mac Finder or Windows Explorer.

[@moulin1995]

🧢 u did not

[@HigherPlanes]

comfortably numb

[@peterkentbanner8074]

I took all the mp3 music devices i could grab and i rip them off in order to copy all the best parts and make an apple product. Great job.......lol. Imagine do something original... lol.

[@nathansmith5373]

C'mon Tony stop bullshitting us and telling us you created it. You copied the 'Mobile Zen Creative', only Apple did it better.

[@TrevorBoggs]

oh whatever

[@fredbloggs5902]

Wikipedia would be better if they weren’t so blatantly left wing. Even one of the founders is utterly disgusted at where it’s gone.

[@mikmop]

I've fact checked this on Wikipedia, and it says that Wikipedia maintains a policy of being neutral (-:

[@kiuk_kiks]

What do you mean by left wing??? They’re not pro socialism or workers rights. The American left is solidly right, pure liberalism and especially neoliberalism.

[@fredbloggs5902]

@@kiuk_kiks Globalist Marxism.

[@insomnyuk]

Anything I don't like is socialist or leftist.

[@davidguasca]

If you dislike it so much maybe try and make your own. :)

[@peterkentbanner8074]

Cool, so to design the first ipod you had to use a pc because mac computers where weak and useless for that vital part of the company? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL

[@woolfel]

I just lost some respect for lex :) Stairway is not the best LZ song. there's so many other great LZ songs. Joking aside, no such thing as "the greatest song".