The era of Apple slowly opening up its platforms and devices has ended.
      • acastcandream@beehaw.org
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        8 months ago

        I think comparing it to the Berlin Wall which you were murdered by armed guards if you tried to cross is maybe a tad dramatic.

          • acastcandream@beehaw.org
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            8 months ago

            That doesn’t read like paraphrasing Reagan, it read like “compare it to the Berlin Wall.” If that was your goal it was far too opaque, so my not catching it is pretty understandable.

            Hyperbole is valid but it’s also valid to point out when hyperbole is unproductive/so ridiculous it kind of works against the entire point of making the statement. There’s hyperbole that achieves emphasis, and then there’s hyperbole that achieves “this is so patently absurd it makes me disagree with you.”

            • pbjamm@beehaw.orgEnglish
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              8 months ago

              It is one of Reagan’s most famous (and lucid) statements. The connection is fairly obvious to anyone familiar with the history.

              • acastcandream@beehaw.org
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                8 months ago

                You literally didn’t use any of the words he used other than “wall” or reference him at all. Showing the Berlin wall with an Apple logo does nothing to indicate Reagan.

                This is such a ridiculous argument. Feel free to have the last word, I’m done dude.

                • UnbrokenTaco@lemm.ee
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                  8 months ago

                  I’m not op but the post was made in the context of the article. The article which had a title modifying this quote about the Berlin Wall “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” to refer to Apple’s CEO.

                  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall!

                  As far as I can tell, the hyperbole was already present before OP shared the image.

                  …Or have I misunderstood your point?

    • pezhore@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Seriously, make an effort. These took me 30 seconds and only a slight reprompt tweak.

      • acastcandream@beehaw.org
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        8 months ago

        Ooo that 2nd one is fun. Feels little too open to be a “walled garden” (having the outer wall re-enter frame towards the bottom would be more evocative) but it’s very visually interesting.

    • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Normally I purposefully don’t click on articles with AI generated images, this one was so bad I thought it was a really bad photoshop instead

    • thejevans@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Relying on individual consumer choices to change the direction of a multinational company to a direction that is clearly less profitable is laughably naive.

      • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Yeah, there’s companies out there literally destroying the planet or causing deaths and consumers don’t care. They’re not gonna stop using their shiny rectangle over this

    • SmoochyPit@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I don’t anticipate it, most consumers don’t take the time to be critical or try alternatives. :(

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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          8 months ago

          Jesus, MacBooks cost 5K? That’s ridiculous, I’d expect that for a nice gaming laptop.

          It’s a good point. The only bespoke thing on there, as far as I can tell, is the R1 chip. I assume a cord with enough bandwidth could be found in order to have a more modular system. The MacBook end may or may not have the port capacity for that, though.

            • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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              8 months ago

              If I was designing it, my first instinct would be to make a headset that renders fairly arbitrary surfaces over the environment using as much hardwired custom silicon logic as possible, and leaves everything else external. You should be able to achieve pretty incredible energy efficiency that way, using any number of unconventional logic schemes, as well as minimising headset weight. The main question is how much you can pre-calculate without knowing the fine details about how the user is oriented this millisecond.

              We’ll see what the R2 looks like. As far as I can tell the R1 is just a bespoke arrangement of more conventional cores.

        • acastcandream@beehaw.org
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          8 months ago

          I’m not saying the price isn’t wild but people constantly complain about the cables. It’s one of the top listed complaints. There’s a reason the Quest line is so popular (relatively speaking. VR is still not doing great). It’s not just cost, it’s also the lack of a cable.

            • acastcandream@beehaw.org
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              8 months ago

              I thought it didn’t need one other than to charge/use while wall powered? It doesn’t work fully unplugged?

              Edit: Ahhh it’s an external battery. A lot better than a static point but yes not fully untethered.

      • Eggyhead@kbin.social
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        8 months ago

        It’s too late for Apple to close off macOS (and they’ve tried), so I think the goggles are meant to replace it altogether with an inherently closed platform. I hope Apple ends up having to open that platform up as well before it’s too late.

  • MimicJar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    8·
    8 months ago

    The era of Apple slowly opening up its platforms and devices without government intervention has ended.

    When was this ever true? Apple has always been a walled garden.

  • pax@rblind.comEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    sadly, you are right, I’ll return to android when ever I will be able to.