Apple

With the VisionPro hype already dead (maybe forever?), bad or tasteless iPad ads, purposeless updates to iPad, Apple dropping their car project, and reaching out to OpenAI or Google for AI services ... it certainly feels like it to me. They've at least run into their limitations recently however much they want to find the "next iPhone".

With the VisionPro, I always thought it'd flop and so predicted that it'd be the end for Cook. I'm still holding onto that prediction.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15358589

Bloomberg - Apple Says No Major App Developers Accept New Outside Payments

According to Apple, only 38 developers have applied to add such links — out of roughly 65,000 that could.

Fedora Asahi Remix 40 coming in hot!

On top of the great work that @AsahiLinux and the Fedora Asahi SIG do, they've also worked to line up releases with the rest of Fedora, so thank you for that!

This release brings:

• OpenGL 4.6
• High quality audio out of the box
• Plasma, Gnome, Server, and Minimal variants available
• The latest that comes with Fedora Linux 40!

Barra notes that poor retention for Oculus Go had to do with a few common factors, including user comfort, friction in starting a session when not already wearing the headset, and the social isolation of watching content alone—all of which is true for Vision Pro as well.

Barra concludes that, at least as far as Oculus Go went, traditional media consumption was “not a core ‘daily driver’ pillar but more an ancillary use case that adds some value to other core pillars (such as productivity or gaming).”

Granted Barra says Vision Pro brings more to the table […] but those same challenges that Oculus Go contended with basically remain.