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Comment Re:the contenders (Score 1) 81

This is also my take on it. Apple seems to be pushing 2D apps in 3D space for unknown reasons but there's no difference from using it on a desktop or laptop. No matter how you display them, they're still 2D apps.

And there's nothing amazing about 2D apps in a 3D space, just like there's nothing amazing about having apps on a smartphone, until you tap into the features that makes portable apps more powerful such as the device always being with you and the device knowing where it is geographically. This allows for more time-sensitive and location-aware apps that are in turn more useful.

In a way, Apple's attempt to push 2D apps in 3D space seems similar to when Microsoft was developing Windows CE and they expected to have a pointer and cursor to work on a portable device because pointer and cursor was all they knew.

Apple seems to have hardware that's powerful enough for AR and the determination to make it work, but they just don't seem to know what to do with it yet.

Comment Re:Am I missing something? (Score 1) 149

Because stupid people are addicted to Facebook and can't even imagine there are other websites on the web.

I keep getting people who want to talk to me via Facebook messenger instead of iMessage. Or sell my stuff via Facebook Marketplace instead of Kijiji or eBay. They're baffled when I give them my email which is on my own domain. The list goes on.

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