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M-series chip might be the biggest leap in newer time in computers. I think that’s pretty well made by Apple at least.
What did Meta innovate? AI profiles?
They’ve made great innovations in creating right wing echo chambers.
Meta hasn’t invented anything ever and their only attempt failed miserably. All of their successful products are bought from competitors.
I hate apple like the next Linux evangelist, but meta is just as bad.
Zuck invented the feed.
Says the guy that won’t allow Meta Quest developers the same level of access to their own hardware. Example: How would someone develop a 3rd party controller for the Quest VR headsets? You can’t. They haven’t exposed that API (or the cameras fully!).
They don’t even let you set the clock on your Quest headset! Need to change timezones? Factory Reset
Why are the capitalists so complainy?
“Pull yourself up by your bootstraps 😤, facts don’t care about your feelings 😤, Apple is mean make them stop it 😭”
Just because meta sucks doesn’t let apple off the hook for anticompetitive behavior
Zuck is fine with anticompetitive actions, he just thinks you need to InOvAtE to earn the right.
no love for apple but what has meta done that was good let alone great in ever
and why did he throw away mainstream appeal just so he could go on a losers talk show only nazis listen to?
Because he wants to appeal to republicans in a time when they control all the levers of the federal government. He’s desperate not to be in their crosshairs and is trying to offer up an alternative is my read.
what has meta done that was good
Facebook Portal TV. What a great device: “call mom” and it calls on her TV where she can see whom it is instead of her tiny phone screen. The cam was good, it panned and zoomed to focus on the speaker really well, and the sound was great. It’s a small unit that also does zoom and prime and Netflix and Plex. The M assistant is good, but it basically leverages a built-in Alexa for external control.
Then Cambridge analytica. Every new review is like “this is an amazing device, but don’t get it because fuck Facebook.”
Now it’s been orphaned: voice control is busted. No apps updated or installed. But if you had the apps installed they still work. TV calling still works if my mom can find and figure the remote.
And there’s been no replacement tech, which makes this unit that much better than everything else since it’s peerless.
There ya go. We bought 1 and then 3 more for family just before COVID.
Have they ever “invented anything great”?
I guess original iPod was an unexpected shot in the right direction. And PPC Macs were fine, I guess. That opinion is based solely on the appearances and the fact that PPC good, Intel bad, Motorola fossil.
Apple? The iPhone was kind of a big deal. It wasn’t completely original, but nothing ever is. It made the smartphone worthwhile for the average consumer in a way that Palm and BlackBerry and others simply didn’t, and directly led to the mobile ecosystem we have now.
Obviously there were plenty of players in the space but Apple had right combination of features and potential market due to the popularity of the iPod.
Edit: Oh, also the M-series processor. That’s pretty great.
The iPhone was kind of a big deal. It wasn’t completely original, but nothing ever is. It made the smartphone worthwhile for the average consumer in a way that Palm and BlackBerry and others simply didn’t, and directly led to the mobile ecosystem we have now.
That’s more terrible than great.
Edit: Oh, also the M-series processor. That’s pretty great.
ARM is its own thing.
