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0 pointsupmind2mo ago0 comments

They're quite scared to take risks I think, from what I heard it seems it was meant to be released already but they've delayed it a bunch, I wonder if in part due to AVP failure.

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mercutio22mo ago

“Scared” to “take risks”?

This is a bizarre way of saying “if they ship it and it has reliability problems, they know they’re skating on thin ice”.

Apple’s brand has taken a beating (I’m as aghast with the latest macOS as the next nerd), but people love that when Apple ships a product, it generally works and the hardware doesn’t break.

Butterfly keyboards are a terrible stain on the hardware team’s reputation. “Scared” is the wrong word for how these things work.

dijit2mo ago

I agree, Apple gets hit from all directions.

It's expensive (though largely comparable to business machines) so people dunk on it being low value for money,

People dunk on them for not taking risks, but when there's a reliability problem that would be sort-of acceptable for another product it becomes international news.

When they do take "risks" (like USB-C only) people dunk on them for taking away choice.

Now, I'll be the first to admit, I'm one of the people dunking on them a lot, I was not a fan of the headphone jack removal, butterfly keyboards, discoverability of 3D touch, change of UI paradigm away from Skeumorphism etc;etc;etc -- but I feel like a lot of the other manufacturers seem to get a comparative free pass, which feels unfair.

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