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Regardless of whether the rant is good or not, I agree that the "airpods" make you look like a huge dork, just as google glass did. I expect the SV tech types t
by seibelj 10y ago
Regardless of whether the rant is good or not, I agree that the "airpods" make you look like a huge dork, just as google glass did. I expect the SV tech types to wear them around as a badge of honor, but I doubt the urban fashionistas are going to embrace it.
- blowski 10y agoI remember people saying that about the original white headphones when the iPod first came out. Apple did lots of clever advertising to make them look normal. They might be able to pull off the same trick here, though it doesn't look like it at the moment.
- sarreph 10y agoTHIS. The white cables were seen as uber-pretentious back in the day, and were a big target for muggers.[0] The very same way, 'hipsters' and techies are going to get mocked (and probably mugged) for wearing AirPods until — shock-horror — they become ubiquitous. [0] - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/30/ipod_this_seasons_musthave/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/30/ipod_this_seasons_mu...
- gr3yh47 10y ago>until — shock-horror — they become ubiquitous. there's a huge difference between an ugly peripheral that's bundled with a ubiquitous device (ipods/iphones) and one that is overpriced and sold separately. add to this difference apple's declining market share, and all the reasonable outrage over ditching the headphone jack, and good luck with ubiquity
- blowski 10y agoWhen the iPod first came out, Apple had zero market share for MP3 players and just about everything else. This was the time when a big NYT journalist said Apple was close to going bankrupt because they couldn't design anything cool any more, and the iPod would be the failure which finally sank them as a company. So, no, I'm not going to write them off just yet.
- jp555 10y agoExactly what people said about those first yellow Sony Walkman headphones.
- strictnein 10y agoDid they? Not anyone I knew, I guess. Everyone I knew wanted them, but we all ended up with cheaper versions.
- seibelj 10y agoAnd the same argument was made about google glass! It will take time to see if the airpods win, but my gut says 'nope'.
- jp555 10y agoGlass's utility was too small to overcome the initial awkwardness & etiquette adjustment. When it comes to AR I think Magic Leap is going to offer enough utility to overcome these problems. With those first perceived-as-awkward sony headphones, the utility of personal music everywhere was very high.
- electricEmu 10y agoI'd love to see proof of this claim.