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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by crooked-v on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:51PM (#35994618)
> What does the author consider to be a victory?

Well, there's the Apple II, the iMac, the iPod, the iPhone...

Apple has had a long history of products that redefined the future of entire categories, and almost all of them up to this point except the Apple Watch included deep involvement by Jobs.

Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by kmonsen on Thursday May 18, 2023 @06:26PM (#35995053)
Apple watch? Airpods maybe? Apple silicon for sure.

Other than that not much, but to be clear there has not really been any other inventions in this time span like those you mention. The market is more mature.

Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by Wazako on Thursday May 18, 2023 @07:17PM (#35995648)
Isn't Time Cook ultimately like Steve Ballmer? He has continued and consolidated to build a golden prison with the construction of a monopoly and increase the money generated incredibly.
Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by scarface74 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @09:33PM (#35996717)
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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by simonh on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:17PM (#35997316)
Monopoly (noun): Thing I hate that is incredibly popular, and I’ve got all bitter and twisted about it.
Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by sbuk on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:39AM (#35998182)
Ha! The “orange site” dictionary. There’s a parody site in that…
Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by Wazako on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:53AM (#35999418)
In the sense that it has become hostile to use. I remember when iTune and safari were user friendly on Windows. Or the iphone wouldn't be limited to a usb 2.0 port.
Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by scarface74 on Friday May 19, 2023 @06:32AM (#35999933)
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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by dwaite on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:14AM (#35998038)
When the device has a user experience, it gradually turns into a convergence platform.

This is what makes coming out with new products harder - Apple doesn't have a market for a mid-range camera, or a GPS, or a music player, or a PDA - because those are all things the iPhone does. They add capabilities to the phone to usurp other device markets (most recently, emergency satellite communicators and OnStar-style crash detection). Apple releases new devices most often by releasing them inside the iPhone.

Which is why now, with a saturated cellphone market which is slowing down the upgrade frequency, they are so interested in wearables (separate hardware that augments your phone) and services (software that augments your phone).

The sad thing is that there are areas they could make a lot of innovations, such as smart home accessories. They killed off the AirPort line, and license out HomeKit with almost no first-party hardware, because those just don't move the needle for a company of Apple's size.

Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by bredren on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:41AM (#35998192)
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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by tinus_hn on Sunday May 21, 2023 @08:44AM (#36020332)
Regarding HomeKit, I think Apple demands a kind of quality from third party manufacturers, along with royalties, that the market just doesn’t want to pay for.