• knightly the Sneptaur
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    5 days ago

    Who cares about the market? Nobody who matters wants to buy hardware that’s locked to a walled garden that will inevitably be rendered useless as soon as it stops being profitable.

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      4 days ago

      This post is inherently about the market and Apple’s failed attempt at making a viable product. Which apple no doubt thought they could steal market share from Meta in the VR/AR space. Different people want different headsets and most people want the cheapest plug and play option. That’s why the #2 headsets are strictly PC periferals.

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      4 days ago

      That’s been Apple’s very successful business model since the beginning. That ain’t it.

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        4 days ago

        Clearly the business model alone isn’t enough, they’ve had plenty of duds like this

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          4 days ago

          Clearly the business model alone isn’t enough

          Of course not but that’s what you pointed at

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            3 days ago

            Indeed, and yet for some reason you’re still talking about the business model and not the obviously-deficient hardware and software it mistakenly assumed would be profitable.

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                3 days ago

                Bruh, all I said was that I’m not in the target audience and that I don’t respect the preferences of those who are…

                You brought up the business model as if to suggest that my lack of interest in its’ profitability was some kind of moral or intellectual failure.

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                  3 days ago

                  That’s not even remotely what you said. If you need a reminder, here’s what you said:

                  Nobody who matters wants to buy hardware that’s locked to a walled garden that will inevitably be rendered useless as soon as it stops being profitable.

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                    3 days ago

                    I paraphrased myself directly:

                    Nobody who matters wants to buy hardware that’s locked to a walled garden that will inevitably be rendered useless as soon as it stops being profitable.

                    I’m not in the target audience and that I don’t respect the preferences of those who are…

                    Literally the same statement.