[mliker]

I would encourage you to try out both the Quest 3 and the Apple Vision Pro for an extended period of time. If you had asked people during the advent of the television, they would have expressed the same opinion about people wanting social connection instead of sitting in front of a box.

[coldtea]

And they would be right. Television did fuck social connection. And the smartphone did it much worse.

[swores]

No they clearly wouldn't be right. Even if we accept as fact the idea that both those things have had negative effects on society and on us, quite clearly huge numbers of people DO want TVs and smartphones, even if those things aren't leading to better, happier lives.

[rqtwteye]

That's true. But as far as business and popularity go, TV and smartphones were a huge success. In the end what makes money will be sold without regard for social consequences.

[echoangle]

That’s shifting the goalpost, the original point was that nobody wants this, not that it’s bad for society

[ausbah]

i think the key difference is “out in public”