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entropys said:

Nooo! 

The story arc is finished. Please let it not be another of those American shows that gets milked well past the grave.

Be a goldfish man. There's alway another story to tell. I'm all in on this.  

9secondkox2 said:

No need to follow after something that isn’t quite working in the market. 

The killer app for headsets is entertainment - gaming and media. 

In that sense, meta even has the better product. 

Apple has the far superior hardware, software, and ecosystem. 

But all the hardware and OS polish in the world isn’t going to save a product that the market has rejected time and again - save for a niche subset of gamers. 

The quest is lighter, doesn’t require a tethered battery, and plays decent games. 

While there are some compelling engineering/medical use cases, it’s not a mass market thing. 

Most people just don’t want to be encumbered by a device for their daily needs. 

When it’s indoor/outdoor sunglasses, that may possibly change. 

But headsets just suck. 

One of the best decisions Meta ever made is saying “no” to this. Kinda like Apple used to do.  

Or... Meta realized they can't just slap together something in 6 months to compete with something that has almost 10 years of development behind it. The  only thing holding back the Vision Pro from becoming a blockbuster success is its price. When that comes down everybody will want one. Remember, the iPod was based on only one kind of media. When people start seeing their friends with one and they have a chance to try it out for themselves, Apple Vision For-The-Rest-of-Us will be huge.

Sigsgaard said:

My Macs have been Microsoft, Adobe and Google (software) free zones for at least 10 years, and my life has been all the better for it  

I must admit though, that I recently have installed Google Maps on my iPhone and iPad as my car runs Android Automotive and uses Google Maps for navigation, and it is nice to be able to plan trips on the phone or iPad and just send it to the car.

DAalseth said:

Sigsgaard said:

My Macs have been Microsoft, Adobe and Google (software) free zones for at least 10 years, and my life has been all the better for it .

I avoid all three as well. The only exception is my Mac that has MS Remote Desktop that I need for work. Other than that I stay away from them. 

Same here for as long as I can remember. The only app I have installed from any of them is Google Earth, and I'm even giving that one serious side-eye lately... 

from the linked article - "The web browsers and crypto wallets targeted by the malware comprise Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Yandex, Opera, OperaGX, Exodus, Electrum, Coinomi, Guarda, Wasabi Wallet, Atomic, and Ledger."

VictorMortimer said:

Yeah, gonna have to say this article is just wrong as written.

THE top mouse for Macs is the Magic Mouse.  No contest...

Actually, "THE top mouse for Macs is..." a trackpad.