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Apple is so huge, with such a large and fervent fanbase, they could literally release the MacBook Wheel per the Onion it would still probably sell a couple hundred thousand units.

It's not like they're selling at small volumes at first, i.e. to early adopters who love it and will convince their friends to be later adopters. Early adopters are mostly either returning it or saying it's basically shelfware now.

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"It remains to be seen if the Apple Wheel will catch on in the business world where people use computers for actual work instead of just dicking around" resonates for whenever Apple/Meta claim a VR headset is a productivity/business tool.

"everything is just a few 100 clicks away"... sounds like Apple's regulatory compliance. Might become mandatory if you want to use side-loading/3rd party app stores.

You literally cannot buy the AVP outside the American market at this time.

So it’s limited as hell in terms of distribution

But that's because they need super specialised stuff in terms of lens.

That's not a defense of the product, it's a criticism.

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