For the low end iPhone and iPad have a super simple interaction model. My grandma uses both, and she’s 88. If it breaks she can take it to the Apple Store and they’ll fix it or help her. No one else comes close to them in this regard.
From a tech perspective owning the full stack from silicon / hardware / OS / service allows them to make things no one else can. Can anyone else make vision Pro right now? Even at the $3.5k I’m not sure they could.
The marketing / distortion field thing is bs in my opinion, when apple release a shitty product it fails, when it’s good it does well. Look at Ping, Apple Watch Edition, and to a lesser extent Siri and homepod.
It will have an App Store like the phone (this was in the keynote I think). I don’t think there will be side loading unless it is govt mandated requirement.
It is aimed at general population and not developers.
I want it "hackable", not because I myself is gonna do anything with it, but because I want that kind of innovation. Not the boring, polished, exec-vision thingy. Let other people invent new ways of doing stuff!
If you only can do Apple-approved-stuff on it, it will be boring. Let people release half-baked demos and cool tech. Don't force everything to go through their "review" process.
Why not try to understand what I'm saying, instead of being so obnoxiously dismissive?
Would you rather: a. wait 5 years for apple to release some functionality in their SDK. or b. wait 3 months for someone to release their own software doing the same?
Yes, the iPhone is boring. It's taken a decade to reach its potential, because everything needs to be provided by Apple. Compare to an actual general computing device like a desktop computer, where you can innovate at your own speed.
I do understand what you are saying, I just don’t agree.
If it is your expectation that Apple would make an openly hackable headset, I think you have unrealistic expectations, so I find a strange thing to be frustrated about.
As to what is better, open or closed, I think it is very challenging to deliver a complete product in an open way, I can’t think of one successful consumer device that ships in that way.
When I consider privacy and security, the locked down devices Apple create are a positive, especially with a device as personal as a headset with eye tracking etc.
iPhones are not boring, they are used by billions of people to do amazing things every day. Don’t Under estimate the significance of ‘boring’ things like a high quality camera and the ability to share photos easily, Apple Pay / Wallet, and safari in your pocket. It is literally life changing for people, eg grandparents can get daily photos of their grandkids, that is the kind of thing Apple try to do with their devices and services. TBH I don’t know what that ‘boring’ thing is with the Vision Pro, but I’m sure if there’s a future where headsets / glasses are common place Apple will be part of it, and this is the starting point for it.
The reality distortion field schtik is getting pretty old - Mac’s, iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and AirPods are clearly class leading products that people buy a lot of. HomePods are not and people do not buy a lot of them.
If this is good people will buy it if not they won’t.
It’s a computing device like a phone or a laptop, anyone can make any game they want available for it. in the key note they mentioned gaming specifically and had time on a partnership with unreal.
I think we’ve heard the exact same argument about phones with keyboards, large phones, tablets and web apps (that if apple doesn’t do X they will get left behind, or if Apple doesn’t do Y soon enough they will get left behind), apple has not been left behind.
I don’t think the goggles or ‘pro iPad’ will be any different. Apple will release when they are ready and likely they’ll do very well.
Maybe. But I've been buying Apple for over a decade and this is the first year I've considered migrating off the ecosystem. I think AR glasses (not goggles) are going to be the defining hardware tech of the decade and I can see them becoming ubiquitous. If they're planning on releasing the goggles at the rumoured price point ($1500 - $3000) I think people might be tempted to jump ship.
You do make some very good points. We all thought Intel were going to dominate ten years ago though and they managed to fuck it so it’s not unprecedented. Apple do seem to be a lot better managed though. I think there’ll be more clarity after the headset reveal next month.
I don’t think it was quite so clear on intel 10yrs ago, hard to believe but Apple introduced the 64 bit A7 in 2013, for me that was the point of no recovery for intel (without major changes like we are seeing since Gelsinger returned). The path to apple silicon was clear then it was just a matter of timing, intel had no cohesive strategy for mobile…
Apple has a long history with the majority of it spent as the underdog, so I think they are less likely to be usurped… in the next few decades they could get to the point where no senior management where there in the dark days and then it all goes to hell, but I think they’ve cemented themselves pretty well into position…
Can’t tell if you are being sarcastic or not? Apple products have been used to write articles / produce videos for decades, not sure why this is different on an iPad?
You can transmit a lot of power long distances with HVDC systems. 2GW systems are in development (TenneT 2GW platform & 525kV DC cables) & HVDC interconnectors can be several hindered km long…
No power infrastructure is either quick or cheap. I would think a subsea interconnector would be quicker to build than an offshore windfarm (as there are fewer components - no turbines or structures, and even fewer cables!)
The UK is leading the world in grid interconnection and offshore wind build out (though all owned by none UK entities), so if they aren’t building quickly enough I don’t know anyone who is….
The North Sea Link between Norway and the UK is already up and running and has a capacity of 1.4 GW. It is currently (10:53 UTC) supplying 3% of the UK load.
From a tech perspective owning the full stack from silicon / hardware / OS / service allows them to make things no one else can. Can anyone else make vision Pro right now? Even at the $3.5k I’m not sure they could.
The marketing / distortion field thing is bs in my opinion, when apple release a shitty product it fails, when it’s good it does well. Look at Ping, Apple Watch Edition, and to a lesser extent Siri and homepod.