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Zworf , (edited ) to Technology in Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too

I'm not saying it's impossible. I'm just saying I shouldn't have to decrap a piece of software I actually paid for. Over and over. Also, whenever they introduce some new crap it usually comes with new GPOs that also have to be enabled to remove it again. It's like whack-a-mole.

Obtuse? Sure! Features that shouldn’t be hidden behind an upgraded license? Hell fucking yes!

This is what I was saying really. This crap should never have been there in the first place as it's consumer-hostile.

Impossible? Fuck no, hell no.

I never said this :) I said it was annoying having to do it every time. Yeah I have pro. And I know what GPOs are. But really, you can't expect an average consumer to do this. Also, it's less work to just change things back manually every time than to figure all the GPOs needed. It's really just super annoying that it happens in the first place. I expect software I buy to be made to help me, not work against me.

And I never mentioned Linux in my post even though I use it myself. I know this is not a suitable alternative for the majority.

Zworf , to Technology in Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too

Yeah and that didn't take very long. I mean how long was it since they started pushing the "new" edge until the crapware started showing up? Only a year or 2 IIRC.

I mean normally the rule of enshittification is that you wait inserting all the crap after people have started adopting your product. They didn't wait long enough. I always knew they would do it but at least I didn't have to wait long to be proven right.

Zworf , to Technology in Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too

Partly made by microsoft :P They put all the coupon scam and buy now pay later scams in it.

Zworf , to Technology in Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too

And do this every time the system gets a major update because it puts all the crapware right back 🫣

Zworf , to Technology in Krebs on Security: "Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky"

Yes especially since Google is making it harder to spot the ads among legitimate content now :(

Zworf , to Technology in Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX

Please, yes!! If anything will make a chance, that will. Google keeps trying to subvert the internet with their FLoC and Topics crap. And the other thing recently with the "trusted" web environment thing.

A lot of their plans get watered down but still...

Zworf , to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

Hmm interesting yeah..

I was thinking of swype typing. I notice I can comfortable type on tiny keyboards this way (like the one on my Unihertz Jelly which has a 2.5" screen). Perhaps that would work better in VR especially because it doesn't rely so much on forwards/backwards movements but only sideways/up-down which are much easier to track from the point of view of the head.

Zworf , to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

What do you envision we'll use then? Dictation perhaps?

I don't really use that much because it's not really up to scratch yet IMO. But of course that may come.

Zworf , to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

True, but it's still about adapting the user to the tech instead of the other way around. I don't think Apple will go for that.

I would personally think more in the direction of a separate sensor you can place in the house, from a third-person point of view the finger tracking will be much easier to do because you are not moving straight away from the camera.

Zworf , to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

Ah thanks, I didn't get the reference 😅

Zworf , to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

Ah but I had a feeling about this that his kids were already grown up and gone.

But indeed, when it was purportedly recorded he wouldn't have been playing with them, good point.

Zworf , (edited ) to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

Thank you!!

I don't really see the "Apple portrays people outside wearing the headset" that was mentioned here though. The only example given of that is on a plane which is a time where most people prefer to socially distance themselves from their fellow passengers anyway.

Zworf , to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

Ok yes with Oculus it's similar actually. You can poke at the letters but the problem is the exact depth detection is not so great (mainly because you're pointing directly away from the tracking cams with your finger) so it's a bit of a hit and miss.

And moving the "virtual mouse pointer" and then pinching is also a pain to do. My oculus doesn't have eye tracking but you can move your hand to move the "pointer".

Both methods are a PITA. Using the controllers to point and then click the trigger is better but it's still slow going of course that way. It's like typing on a keyboard hanging in front of you by pressing the keys with a stick. Considering that's the most comfortable option (which the Vision Pro doesn't have for lack of controllers), it's pretty sad.

But yeah I see the potential too.. I hope it will come to pass.

Zworf , to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

I get the sarcasm ;) Well, rejoicing, no, of course. It's not the best thing that could have happened.

But, I'm pretty sure if meta hadn't invested, we would have heard nothing more of VR after the DK1 had come out.

I'm not supporting meta or saying they're a great company. But they are sinking a lot of money into a phenomenon they care about, which is good for the industry one way or another. It gets the opportunity to prove its merits.

I haven't had a FB account since Cambridge Analytica, though I temporarily had one to use the Quest 2, while it was necessary (rigged so nobody could discover me so it was literally no more than a placeholder). But yeah I do use the Quest because as a technologist I do want to be on the front line. And Apple is just really absolutely not an option for me because of its price (and for being in Europe for that matter).

Zworf , to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

The main complaint I’ve heard is that the virtual keyboard sucks.

Yeah that I can imagine. I think it would be really annoying and exhausting having to type by looking at the letters. This is how you control the mouse pointer, right?

But I really hope I can see it for real some day.

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