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  • What's the value of Apple's Vision Pro spatial computing?

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    Respite said:

    I’m excited Apple has put the effort in, but I do wish they didn’t launch until they got the tech distilled into something much more livable. 
    Why?  You don't have to buy one.  This one sets the stage for things to come.  It is easier to iterate when you have a world of customer feedback on what's important.
    You answered your own question. 

    People don't buy products so the next one is worth it. they by something because that thing itself is worth it. At this stage, the VP simply isn't. 

    Also, regarding your words in italics, Apple has never been in the business of selling Beta products until now. Hope this is the last. 
    1) It's not a beta product. It's full fledged product that is ready for public consumption.

    2) You can set the stage for things to come without being a beta product. Was the original iPhone a beta product? Of course not, and yet it very clearly set the stage for the future of smartphones and the cellphone market as a whole. How about Unix or NeXTSTEP or macOS nee Mac OS X and that they clearly set the stage for iOS, which in turn set the state for much more effect code and apps for macOS, and getting close to another dozen OSes based on a similar forked platform. I haven't even gotten to their chipset design, acquisitor, or many other aspects of Apple. Regardless of whether you wan to accept it or not, Apple's vertical and lateral integration of technology "makes it possible for something else to happen" which is the definition of that idiom.
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  • 'Foundation' cast and crew sent home as production delayed

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    Foundation has been thoroughly enjoyable from the writing to the acting to FX, but I’m also not one who lives for quick TikTok videos for entertainment. To each their own… I guess.
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  • Phil Schiller warns third-party app stores are a risk to iPhone users

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    dewme said:
    It’s important to recognize that Apple and Steve Jobs in particular intended the iPhone to be a closed system. He only reluctantly agreed to open up the iPhone and iOS to third party applications after a lot of internal debate and with a series of conditions put in place.
    The App Store and 3rd-party app were always intended. That's why the UI was designed the way it was with multiple pages and room for additional apps on the home screen. The reason why it didn't launch with the App Store is because it took time to build right. Remember that Jobs announced it in October 2007, a little over 3 months after the Phone went on sale and during their Fall event right before the Christmas season. This wasn't some hobbled together solution where they never considered the need for 3rd-party apps.
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  • Phil Schiller warns third-party app stores are a risk to iPhone users

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    Tower72 said:
    As someone that ping ponged between iPhone and Androids since 2007 (currently with iPhone for a few phone models now and 15PM), let the consumer do what they want BUT add a disclaimer. If they install a 3rd party app outside of the App store and their phone goes all wonky on the software side,  Apple will NOT fix it and the consumer has to accept responsibility .  I have rooted all of my Android phones and jailbroke my old iPhones in the past, knowing full well that my actions could have consequences and I could install something that I probably should not.  I dig the walled garden approach Apple has but honestly, I do miss the freedom I had with Android devices sometimes and if my devices ever went nuts, I simply restored from a backup and lesson learned. 

    Still though I think this is a scare tactic, as installing things from outside of the official app store, will cut into Apples profits. 
    Except this generation has been taught that nothing is their fault and there’s always someone else to blame. 
    OK Boomer.  It sounds like you're denying all the issues the older generations caused that the younger generations are constantly fighting to resolve. Climate change, housing market, Roe v Wade, social security, immigration, Citizens United v. FEC, and on and on and on.

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  • Apple TV+ renews Idris Elba's high-octane thriller 'Hijack'

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    Rick601 said:
    Enjoyed the first few episodes but toward the end it got pretty woke and the hero pretty lame. He went from being Reacher to being in touch with his feminine side. Perfect for the new Hollywood and Apple unfortunately. 
    1) You got offended because Elba's character wasn't blowing the misogynistic dog whistle you needed to hear? LOL

    2) If you think that Jack Reacher is a misogynist then you clearly are projecting your ideology into Lee Child's character. 
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