• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    You think consumers can afford an Apple headset? I’d argue one of the reasons it failed is that it was completely unaffordable.

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      It was on the verge of affordability. Definitely not something average consumer would buy but achievable for the upper-middle class. I was also aimed at professionals and if a device can you help do your work faster it’s a great investment. The problem was it didn’t let people work faster because despite all the tech it still sucked.

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        2 days ago

        I think it was way over the verge, in fact, a few verges over in another verge entirely.

        If a device can help you do your work faster it might be a great investment based on how much faster it can help you do your work. For a $3500 USD investment, the Apple AR headset would have had to make you massively more productive to justify that up-front cost, or it would have to be something you could expect to last for decades while you paid off that up-front cost with increased productivity.