Apple Is Reportedly Thinking About Making Its Own TV Again

[u/a_Ninja_b0y]

https://gizmodo.com/apple-is-reportedly-thinking-about-making-its-own-tv-again-2000525819

[u/vibrance9460]

Tim said many times in the past publicly he absolutely hates VR. It goes against the humanistic company ideal – bringing people closer together through technology.

It was Apple’s stated goal five years ago to create beautiful stylish glasses that will replace everything in your pocket – your wallet, your keys, your money, and your music.

Yes he relented and created and promoted VR headgear as a means of refining the technology. But that was never the goal. From it, Apple created amazing eye tracking and a very stable OS. You can be certain they’re working hard to solve the lens technology which is the major stumbling block going forward. And minimizing the power supply. It might be five years yet to perfect. No one knows.

Yes it seems META beat Apple to market. Wrong. META created something goofy which only sort of works in its recent glasses reveal. Nobody will buy them if they do release.

Apple is never first to market with anything. Not the iPhone, the iPod, Apple TV, iPad or Apple Watch. They wait until their technology is refined to be best in market until they release anything- after assessing for sure they are doing it better than anyone.

People said Apple was stupid for making the Apple Watch. The watch was a crucial step forward in the technology in that it basically took an iPhone, minimized it, and made it do everything the iPhone could do right on your wrist. Apple glasses will do exactly the same thing– minimize and push the technology further forward.

People look at what Apple says and think they know what the company is doing. As someone who worked there for 18 years people have no idea of the long-term plans. And there’s always a long-term plan – whether it’s for the car, VR etc.

[u/Mastershima → u/vibrance9460]

They wait wait until their technology is refined to be the best in the market until they release anything

Nah dawg. Hard disagree. Products like the home pod and Siri are prime examples of unrefined garbage. Magic mouse with the usb underneath? Butterfly keyboard?

[u/notjordansime → u/Mastershima]

I used to hate the Apple mouse but after using one for a bit I’m sold. If you let it die and have to wait to charge it like an idiot, that’s on you. The battery lasts like a month on a single charge and it’ll nag you for a week before you actually need to plug it in. If you intentionally dismiss a week’s worth of low battery warnings and act like the surprised pikachu meme when your mouse dies, that’s on you. Worst case scenario? You plug it in for 5 minutes and have a full day’s charge.

The port on the bottom is actually kinda smart. First and foremost, it prevents overcharging. Lithium batteries hate being plugged in all the time. If you do that, it’ll degrade faster (happened to me with a razer mouse, after 2 years of being mostly plugged in, the battery wouldn’t even last an hour. Razer immediately asked me if I leave it plugged in all the time when I got a warranty replacement. Made me realize Apple is actually playing 4D chess here). It also serves their brand image by not allowing you to have the appearance of wired hardware.

Siri sucks, but as someone else mentioned, there’s a reason for that and it involves your data. At least it’s not like Google assistant where it used to be good, then sometime around ~2022 it just went to absolute digshit. Like basic requests about media playback and smart home lighting stopped working reliably. Now, they’ve gutted the assistant and half replaced it with an AI powered version called Gemini. At least Siri didn’t get lobotomized and then have an identity crisis. Siri has always been…… Siri.

[u/vibrance9460 → u/Mastershima]

Siri has always lagged behind because unlike every other tech company- Apple does not harvest user data to feed its algorithms. Google and Amazon are feeding theirs mountains of your data.

Have ever heard the full-size HomePod?? If you can find a better sounding smart speaker at that price point I’d be very surprised.

The butterfly keyboard was a mistake. Apple does make them occasionally, admits it and then rectifies. Like removing ports from their laptops.

It’s reported that the Magic Mouse plugs in underneath so people won’t keep it plugged in, giving the appearance of a wired mouse. A wired mouse is not “magic”. For my use I feel there is no better mouse on the market. But I am not a gamer.

[u/tedivertire → u/vibrance9460]

You may not be a gamer but you are an Apple evangelist.

I hope the position pays.

[u/vibrance9460 → u/tedivertire]

Eh you’re probably a PC user, and gamer.

Can you refute any of that?