Comment by LightBug1
3 years ago
To be honest, I was looking to hate on this, but they sold it much better than the others...
I can see value in it where before it was a gimmick.
And come to think of it, isn't this where Apple does best? Taking the components of an idea that others have failed with, and using them to create a new market category.
That thing will have to be as light as a feather though...
What weirded me out most though, was the feeling that all the presenters had run their demonstrations through chatGPT "in the style of Steve Jobs". Maybe the SMT have rebooted Jobs via an LLM!
I enjoyed the memory of him though.
What value do you see here that others haven't already tried selling? I haven't watch the keynote yet, but the landing page looks like all the same concepts Meta's been trying and failing to get people excited about for years now.
Possibly it's the confidence that there is "something" behind it. I. E. Apple software...
To get all nostalgic again... "And one more thing... the iPhone runs OSX * rapturous applause *". It's that same kind of thing.
When I think of Meta, I think Facebook and it's absolutely over. I see Zuck avatar, I see cringe. Same with other manufacturers. Not many have the depth to deliver short and long term. Especially if dropping serious money on it.
You have to hand it to Apple, the presentation is cliché, but they know how to sell.
I won't be getting one, but I can imagine these selling decently. Not iPhone scale, obviously, but enough to cement the market