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Re:Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip by fennecfoxy on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @10:09AM (#45592842)
Another comment mentions how useful it is because it's integrated with Apple's ecosystem. I mean of course it is...Apple makes it.

I do wonder if that person had ever tried any of the myriad of VR device available a decade before beforehand and I do wonder how popular Apple's product would be if other companies were given the opportunity to integrate with the OS on the same level that Apple can (I feel like Apple is breaking anti-competitive laws constantly but nobody really cares about making them open up).

Re:Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip by random3 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:01PM (#45594614)
OSX is at 16% of the market (Windows is 63%). Exactly how is this breaking anti-competitive laws?
Re:Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip by Lucasoato on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:55PM (#45595400)
A walled garden is a walled garden, no matter the slice of the market you've been able to eat (yet).
Re:Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip by happymellon on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @01:11PM (#45595634)
Anti-trust does not require someone to have 100% of a market.

I also don't think think this breaks anti-trust but percentages doesn't stop market manipulation.

Re:Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip by raw_anon_1111 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @08:21PM (#45600080)
There is a huge difference between 100% and 16%.
Re:Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip by FumblingBear on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @01:09PM (#45595600)
I think I may be the commenter you're referring to, and yes, I have used many different VR devices over the years. I've owned at least 3 other headsets and used 5.

My point in saying the usefulness of it being tied to the ecosystem was more of a negative one than a positive one if it wasn't clear. It is personally useful for me because I have a lot of Apple products at home (though I also have PC and linux stuff too), but I wish my primary use-cases for it were more platform agnostic.

I'm also very in support of aggressive anti-trust legislation and it's probably my biggest point of contention with Apple.

Despite all that, I still like the Vision Pro and think it's an incredible piece of tech that blows every other headset I've tried out of the water for the things I like to do.

Re:Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip by 0x457 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @01:29PM (#45595866)
> I do wonder if that person had ever tried any of the myriad of VR device available a decade before beforehand and I do wonder how popular Apple's product would be if other companies were given the opportunity to integrate with the OS on the same level that Apple can

Microsoft had and still has this opportunity, they even have game console and much of game developers to bootstrap VR/AR ecosystem.

> (I feel like Apple is breaking anti-competitive laws constantly but nobody really cares about making them open up).

lol okay