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VictorMortimer said:
NOT UK 'standards' obviously, theirs are idiotic.  

Please explain.

I’ve been to the US and all over Europe (and used their various different plugs) and just looking at my Apple World Travel adaptor kit proves to me that the  UK plugs are not only the safest but also the best quality, sturdiest and most sensible plugs in the world. 

For me the best compromise will be using iphone, ipad or mac for the brains, airpods for the ears and new input abilities tied to the Apple Watch, maybe even add a Ring for the non-Watch hand. 

michelb76 
apple's third party stores

No such thing as Apple’s third party stores, third party stores are third party, perhaps you meant how shitty “third party stores” are compared to Apple’s app store(s). 

To anyone sane it’s clear that the “gatekeeper” term is an abhorrent socialist fiction, akin to something that belongs in the annals of communism. Preventing companies making products as they see fit and letting the people/market sort the wheat from the chaff is itself the epitome of anti-choice/anti-commercialism.

Microsoft could try to build a new smarterphone than iPhone or Pixel if they wanted to (they seem to be learning a little from copying Mac hardware so maybe this could rub-off in the mobile space too). 

Apple could try to make a new social media network if they wanted to (it’s probably something they still think about given iMessage and the number of connected users they have).

Meta could try to build a new online shopping experience to replace Amazon if they wanted to (it’s probably in their long term plans).

Of course, a new upstart could invent a new paradigm relacing any or all of the above.

If it happened it might be a chinese startup, you just know how the EU would react to this, especially if the EU companies couldn’t compete on price - one only has to look at the EU threatened actions against chinese electric vehicle companies.

Vestager clearly studied the fascist Mussolini but veils herself politically trying to avoid people seeing her intended one-nation EU. No wonder the right is on the rise in the Europe. 

Given that the EU thinks it’s okay to write vague laws and create traps for large companies to fall into so they can fine them, it’s no wonder a sensible company like Apple has to think long and hard before launching new products or services there. I don’t think we can avoid a two-tier tech world developing, with EU becoming second-class citizens by their leaders design. It’s almost as if history repeats itself. 

Many of us expected the AVP or AV to be tethered to an iPhone, iPad or Mac.

It makes sense to use the computer we already have for most procesing, remove the Mx chip from the headset and put the rechargeable battery in the headset - cable needed for data connection / video bandwidth (think how SideCar with Mac/iPad works far better with a USB-C cable).

I guess Apple wanted to get something out there earlier than the end of 2025 to show what they can do.