Re:Apple Q4/2022
by skybrian on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:03PM
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So, basically the Retina display didn't do anything except spoil you for tech that was okay before. That's good for the manufacturer, but this sort of hedonic treadmill seems like something to avoid?
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Re:Apple Q4/2022
by hmottestad on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:14PM
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Apple improves some things that users don’t strictly need. Like the speakers on their laptops, I don’t really need them to be as good as they are but it sure is enjoyable.
It's not just Apple of course, everyone who can afford it uses high DPI screens now.
Pixels aren't there to be seen, there is literally no display which wouldn't be, ceteris paribus, better at high DPI.
It's like speakers which hiss: easy to ignore until you spend time with ones which don't.
The notion that I care about a clearer picture on the screen I use to make my living, for hedonic reasons, is pretty comical actually. It's straightforward ergonomics which pays off in a lot of ways.