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gniv 6 days ago

Initial reactions are negative, so I predict this will be a hit.

behnamoh 6 days ago | parent [-]

like Apple Vision Pro?

r0fl 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

No

Like the iPad which many said is useless and just a bigger iPhone and so far Apple has sold ~500,000,000 iPads

behnamoh 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

iPad still _is_ pretty useless, unless you opt for the "pro" models which let you do some productivity work on them. otherwise it's just suitable for consuming content.

2OEH8eoCRo0 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Not useless for what feels like every child in the US under age 12

olyjohn 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Useful for shutting them up and feeding them addictive trash media you mean.

2OEH8eoCRo0 6 days ago | parent [-]

Yes

behnamoh 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Children in the US under age 12 don't do productivity work on the iPad. Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad as a kids toy.

r0fl 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

So a product that sells 500,000,000 units is not successful because the previous CEO who died 14 years ago would want it to not be a toy?

Got it.

jermberj 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad

Yes, that's correct.

titanomachy 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Turns out that people really like consuming content

sys_64738 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've been using the iPad OS 26 betas and it does dramatically improve the viability of the iPad 9 I have.

jimbokun 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Well we can have LLMs do all the work so consuming content is the only role left for us.

oblio 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I guess you missed that people around the world watch TV for 2+ hours a day :-)

gniv 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Exactly. A thousand pundits don't have a tenth of the vision of a single Apple PM.

sys_64738 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

That sucked up all the early adopter $$$$ waiting to be spent. AAPL hit the jackpot there.