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I think the issue with FaceTime is actually more to do with people finding they don't like looking at themselves, and their appearance on camera. I am of course
by dailyrorschach 15y ago
I think the issue with FaceTime is actually more to do with people finding they don't like looking at themselves, and their appearance on camera. I am of course obligated to here mention David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
In the book, people begin to go so far as to buy masks and hologram replications of themselves to look as ideal as possible. This quote sums up the key problem:
"The answer, in a kind of trivalent nutshell, is: (1) emotional stress, (2) physical vanity, and (3) a certain queer kind of self-obliterating logic in the microeconomics of consumer high-tech."
This post on Kottke.org has some nice non-spoiler citations:
http://kottke.org/10/06/david-foster-wallace-on-iphone-4s-facetime http://kottke.org/10/06/david-foster-wallace-on-iphone-4s-fa...
As to accessibility you should also keep in mind that Apple has a great track record with that community through their work on the Mac and the iPhone, this is likely to greatly improve it.
- jmelloy 15y agoI know someone at work who bought 3 iPhones so he could faceTime with his kids. It's definitely a growing option.