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hibi_chan t1_jc3apoy wrote

Reply to comment by schmaydog82 in Tim Cook bets on Apple’s mixed-reality headset to secure his legacy by DarthBuzzard

Do you not understand what acquisition means, or what Oculus does? Oculus makes hardware, specifically, headsets. They make the best ones in the world by a long shot. The industry was nowhere near the size expected, because vr is simply not popular. Apple brings nothing new to the table, doesn’t have 10 years of vr hardware expertise, the patents, nothing. Their headset has nothing groundbreaking get it? Why do you think copycatting a basically unpopular piece of hardware (at least compared to most mainstream electronics) would be any different here?

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schmaydog82 t1_jc3avpe wrote

There have been plenty of times a parent company has ruined a company they acquired?

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hibi_chan t1_jc3dlxm wrote

That’s a case by case basis, and a total straw man in this debate. Nothing indicates Facebook has done anything to ruin Oculus in any way, instead they have provided massive amounts of funding for R&D. It’s also not the point I was making not related to the original post. A non hardware company can acquire a hardware company, thus establishing itself in the hardware business without having to build up anything. A hardware company can also make a product that flops, there is no guarantee of success by simply being a hardware company. In this case it is apparent Apple brings nothing to the table. Apples own engineers didn’t even want to launch this product, it was demanded they do. You along with others are simply fanboys of Apple who think that Apple can simply wade into a space without any technological achievements and attain success, and that FB isn’t a hardware company so they don’t know what’s they are doing. And I replied they don’t have to - they paid billions to acquire a company that did and does, making your arguments dumb, insubstantial, and not rooted in fact.

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schmaydog82 t1_jc3dwk0 wrote

What in the fuck are you talking about dude? I don’t give a shit about this headset, I was literally just saying what I think he meant by it. Whether it’s the case or not Apple obviously has more experience in the hardware industry and that’s all I was stating. In my opinion this headset will be a flop as far as the consumer market goes.

People always jumping to fanboy lmao, that’s the real straw man

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hibi_chan t1_jc3fb6i wrote

So like, Apple has more experience making all hardware of every type than any other company, is that it? By being Apple, in your mind they immediately have more experience making say electronic keyboards than an electronic keyboard maker? Because that is basically what you are saying. Oculus has 11 years experience making headsets, Apple has lets see…0 years experience making headsets.

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schmaydog82 t1_jc3fo9x wrote

It sounds like you’re just trying to argue at this point. It’s not even about the hardware making itself, it’s about having 40 years of experience with making and marketing hardware and knowing what people want.

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