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Re:Apple Vision Pro – Why It May Be Lousy for Watching Movie... by synetic on Thursday June 22, 2023 @08:10AM (#36430912)
When the iPhone came out the criticism was cost and lack of keyboard. When the iPad came out the criticism was the name and it’s just a giant iPhone. When Airpods came out the criticism was that it looks ugly and who would wear them in public. Similar with the watch.

It’s easy to criticize. My complaint about the criticism of the Apple Vision is that it largely boils down to: It’s different and doesn’t solve existing problems and I can’t imagine people using it.

Great products sometimes don’t solve existing problems. They sometimes create a need. I’m very excited about the possibility of the Apple Vision. If it’s as good as Apple touts, and this remains to be seen, then I think it will usher in a new era.

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Re:Apple Vision Pro – Why It May Be Lousy for Watching Movie... by smoldesu on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:04AM (#36432365)
> Great products sometimes don’t solve existing problems. They sometimes create a need.

Oh god, you're giving me flashbacks to the "courage" keynote...

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Re:Apple Vision Pro – Why It May Be Lousy for Watching Movie... by synetic on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:57AM (#36433132)
I gather you disagree with the statement. You don’t there are any examples of a great product that ended up creating a new demand/desire?

It’s interesting that now very few phones have a headphone jack. The vast majority of the headphones sold are wireless.

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Re:Apple Vision Pro – Why It May Be Lousy for Watching Movie... by smoldesu on Thursday June 22, 2023 @02:04PM (#36436234)
No, I largely agree with you actually. I just disagree with the way vendors harness those needs: in the headphone jack example, Apple gave themselves exclusive rights to convenience functions WRT wireless headphones. In the iPhone's case, they invented a new class of software that (somehow) deserved an unprecedented service fee to sustain.

So, I agree. It's very courageous, not for Apple but for the user who so absent-mindedly gives up on platforms they control.

Who can blame them, though? Most people's idea of "open computing" these days boils down to their web browser and Xbox. Maybe people are ready to jump from frying pan to fire.

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