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Vision Pro

- I was completely wrong on how successful it would be (not $, but usage / mindshare)

- First time since Jobs left that I do wonder if Apple is cooked and is just coasting on the established moats

- Vertical integration doesn't make up for BDFL taste

- Scott Forstall was a bigger loss for Apple than Jony Ive

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

counterpoint:

it was always a dev sled. they’ll keep iterating and we’ll see whether they refined down to the Ray-Bans before Meta improves

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What's the most interesting 3rd party app?

Netflix doesn't have an app? The best video app is the Apple TV one?

that company’s interest in kneecapping third parties is well documented. to say nothing of the reasons Netflix wouldn’t want to support them

right, but without 3rd parties, never takes off as a consumer platform

worked for iphone v1 but 2024 is very different

> consumers buy experiences. not platforms

strong agree with this. but apple got me to buy the device and then provided near-zero new experiences for almost a year. and they have a massive content division that is capable of winning awards!

meta has arguably the hottest wearable computer on offer rn with effectively zero 3rd party ecosystem

sj was going to keep us all locked up in the browser (your Forstall point is well-taken)

consumers buy experiences. not platforms