Everybody can treat this stuff like a big joke, or an affectation, but Apple has built a absurdly profitable brand for themselves. And also a remarkably *good* suite of products and services that almost everyone wants. They are doing something right.
Mock of you like, but to the objective outsider, you are making yourselves into the new CmdrTaco. You are underestimating them.
Having said that, I do think this dorky VR headset stuff is silly and not likely to be a winner, any more than 3D movies or the metaverse. But you have to give them some sort of credit for being right most of the time.
I am really interested to see how this headset does. I've never bet against Apple, yet in this case I'm scratching my head. Also, I don't think I want to try these on in the store with leftover Face from previous 500 customers
... Don't use debt to buy things that decline in value is not the worst personal finance advice I've ever heard.
Anyone with decent credit can use leverage. For example, if you take on debt to purchase a vehicle, you have a predictable cost for transportation that you use to get a better job and improve your standard of living - if you limit your view to the future value of the vehicle, you miss how leverage can be applied elsewhere in your life.
(and of course, stay away from $100k cybertrucks lol).
... drowning in an endless sea of derivative crap
Hopefully, once we get bored of it, there will be a revival of real creativity
I feel that way already lol
My hope is that there will be benevolent AI systems that attempt to counter the exploits. They will have access to the same inputs about you, and look for ways to obfuscate your footprint. They will monitor your feeds looking for the attempts to influence your decisions and warn you. Everyone will need a personal 'antivirus' assistant that flags content, advises you at critical times, and clouds the acquisition of your datastream. You'll have to pay for that one way or another.
Until this is available (and trustworthy), individuals can do such things for themselves now. Control your presence in public and online. And be courteous about asking others for taking their photos and posting.
It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats.