$300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device::Apple is selling developers a $300 USB-C dongle to connect the Apple Vision Pro to a Mac, but in this incarnation, it turns out to be no faster than Wi-Fi.

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    8 months ago

    So a supposedly cutting edge $3500 device plus an additional $300 dongle gets a wired connection speed from the year 2000. USB 2 is 24 years old

    Welcome to the future folks.

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    8 months ago

    It’s hilarious how Apple still insists on making all their mobile devices USB 2. Have they not cracked the code for USB 3 after 11 years?

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    8 months ago

    $300 for a strap from Apple? That’s cheap compared to the $999 wheels. People are gonna gobble those up lickety split.

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      8 months ago

      You’re not the target for either; they’re meant to milk business customers who don’t care about price.

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    8 months ago

    So when should I expect the collaboration between Elon and apple? so I can get an eye phone like Futurama.

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      8 months ago

      Sooner than we think, which is scary, imagine suddenly catching cyberpsychosis because you didn’t paid your monthly kiroshi optics subscription fee and constant ads even if you paid