Apple's Vision Pro Headset Raises Privacy and Lock-in Concerns
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I was initially very excited about the Apple Vision Pro augmented reality headset, but quickly became frustrated and scared by its invasive nature and lock-in effects.
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The Vision Pro takes photos of your entire home and body, seeing more private information than my laptop has in 10 years. It's a personal panopticon.
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The headset is clumsy to use, with no good way to type or navigate apps, showing Apple didn't think through basic digital life activities.
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It promotes isolation, allowing people to zone out watching movies and cutting themselves off from the world around them. This could radically reshape public spaces.
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While buggy like the Newton, the Vision Pro shows Apple's philosophy of walled gardens and lock-in effects, which scares me as a portent of the restrictive future of computing.