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Feb 10, 2024 10:50:04 GMT -8
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Post by 4aapl on Feb 10, 2024 10:50:04 GMT -8
Nice to have a positive week.
Some of you have had the Apple Vision Pro for a week now. What do you like, and what still needs some work? What do you see as big benefits, that will help push things forward even if the current version isn't likely to push forward to the masses?
I haven't read any Apple stories today, but I hadn't heard of "Carrier of Last Resort" before:
www.sfgate.com/politics/article/att-wants-to-remove-landline-service-california-18659093.php
The note on Blockbuster brought up an interesting thing. The problem I see these days is the availability and pricing of different movies across various streaming services. On both new and old movies, it's no longer the case where one provider has everything and it is included. Instead you get this one having some, another having others, and maybe some of the movies not being available anywhere. And then things also move from being included, to still having to rent them or watch a couple ads. It's a much different place than originally with Netflix, where they had virtually everything and it was included, or the iTunes Music Store where they had virtually everything and the pricing was the same.
It just seems like things were simple there for a chunk of time, whether it was at the video store, or then Netflix. But now it is a much more complicated and segmented situation.
Redbox is still out there, though I think 2 of the 3 in our small town have shut down. It seems like there is still room for something that can do things better, but fewer and fewer people have a DVD or Bluray player. Our local library does great, and while I wouldn't mind streaming Oppenheimer at the current prices, if I don't watch it first it should show up at the library for me in a week or two. But I still think about the Fry's grocery store in Albuquerque, and how they had 29 cent 1 day movie rentals, plus a buck for each additional day, in 1997. It was low overhead though must have been a loss leader, but it got you in the store twice each time you rented.
It's kind of like the games or apps that incentivize you to check in each day. It makes a habit, and once you are there you are likely to stay. I bet there is something there, that Apple could put a little 1-5 minute thing for the AVP. It's this initial timeframe, when people are using it for a bit but aren't fully entangled in it that you need to encourage continual exploration instead of someone putting it away into a drawer and not using it for a while. How many Occulus headsets have gone that way over the last year?
Some of you have had the Apple Vision Pro for a week now. What do you like, and what still needs some work? What do you see as big benefits, that will help push things forward even if the current version isn't likely to push forward to the masses?
I haven't read any Apple stories today, but I hadn't heard of "Carrier of Last Resort" before:
www.sfgate.com/politics/article/att-wants-to-remove-landline-service-california-18659093.php
AT&T submitted an application early last year to end its status as California’s Carrier of Last Resort, or COLR, in a vast swath of the state. The designation requires the company to provide basic telephone service, typically in the form of landline service, to any residents who request it.
In its application to the state Public Utilities Commission, which will ultimately have the final say on the matter, AT&T argued that having to maintain an “antiquated, narrowband network with an ever-dwindling base of subscribers” gives other companies a competitive advantage. It said the number of California households using landline service dropped 89% between 2000 and 2021.
“Like Blockbuster rentals and Kodak film, [landline service] has fallen from technological primacy to effective obsolescence in the course of a generation,” the company said.
In its application to the state Public Utilities Commission, which will ultimately have the final say on the matter, AT&T argued that having to maintain an “antiquated, narrowband network with an ever-dwindling base of subscribers” gives other companies a competitive advantage. It said the number of California households using landline service dropped 89% between 2000 and 2021.
“Like Blockbuster rentals and Kodak film, [landline service] has fallen from technological primacy to effective obsolescence in the course of a generation,” the company said.
The note on Blockbuster brought up an interesting thing. The problem I see these days is the availability and pricing of different movies across various streaming services. On both new and old movies, it's no longer the case where one provider has everything and it is included. Instead you get this one having some, another having others, and maybe some of the movies not being available anywhere. And then things also move from being included, to still having to rent them or watch a couple ads. It's a much different place than originally with Netflix, where they had virtually everything and it was included, or the iTunes Music Store where they had virtually everything and the pricing was the same.
It just seems like things were simple there for a chunk of time, whether it was at the video store, or then Netflix. But now it is a much more complicated and segmented situation.
Redbox is still out there, though I think 2 of the 3 in our small town have shut down. It seems like there is still room for something that can do things better, but fewer and fewer people have a DVD or Bluray player. Our local library does great, and while I wouldn't mind streaming Oppenheimer at the current prices, if I don't watch it first it should show up at the library for me in a week or two. But I still think about the Fry's grocery store in Albuquerque, and how they had 29 cent 1 day movie rentals, plus a buck for each additional day, in 1997. It was low overhead though must have been a loss leader, but it got you in the store twice each time you rented.
It's kind of like the games or apps that incentivize you to check in each day. It makes a habit, and once you are there you are likely to stay. I bet there is something there, that Apple could put a little 1-5 minute thing for the AVP. It's this initial timeframe, when people are using it for a bit but aren't fully entangled in it that you need to encourage continual exploration instead of someone putting it away into a drawer and not using it for a while. How many Occulus headsets have gone that way over the last year?