• pax@rblind.com
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    6 months ago

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

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      6 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

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      6 months ago

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

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        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.

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          The Apple wall isn’t in line with the other walls. It has the perspective of one of those paintings that got Adolf kicked out of art school

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        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.

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            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.”

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

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                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.

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                  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?

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

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        I’m not “relying” on that. I’m just pointing out the simple facts. The point is Apple will never “tear down that wall”, regardless of how many journalists ask them to, because it makes them too much money.

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        6 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

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        Goggles are an absurd joke and yet another example of greed.

        They could have just connected that stupid wire that’s already there to your MacBook and saved you thousands of dollars in processors while making the headset lighter and more comfortable but they had to cram it all into the headset so they could sell them for four thousand fucking dollars.

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          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.

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          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.

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            Jesus, MacBooks cost 5K?

            Maybe a bit of hyperbole there but they certainly can be. A fully upgraded Mac Pro is ~$7k.

            The only bespoke thing on there, as far as I can tell, is the R1 chip.

            Yeah, I mean put that in the headset and leave the rest in the laptop. It’s the same chip.

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

  • MimicJar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    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.