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Or, it means that tech is still not ready for a mainstream adoption. You should take it out of the box and it should just work. I cannot imagine people being e

Or, it means that tech is still not ready for a mainstream adoption. You should take it out of the box and it should just work. I cannot imagine people being excited that they need to go physical store and deal with a staff there to get their fancy new toy.

EwanToo 3y ago
Do you not remember the queues outside Apple stores for early iPhones? https://youtu.be/bWgd5crvB0U https://youtu.be/bWgd5crvB0U
- justapassenger 3y ago
  Do you not remember it’s 2023 and online retail is at very different place?
peddling-brink 3y ago
Have you been to an Apple Store recently? It’s plenty easy to get their products online, but the stores are consistently packed regardless.
- justapassenger 3y ago
  I don’t think people who pack Apple stores are target audience. From my experience they’re either not a target audience (older, non tech savvy) or lack funds (teenagers).
  - Turing_Machine 3y ago
    Can we please get rid of the stereotype that older people aren't "tech savvy"? Older people today have been using computers since they were in their teens or twenties. Conversely, I know a 20-something woman who can't understand why her iMessages quit working when she switched to an Android phone, despite explaining it to her multiple times. As you note, they also have more money.
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    - pests 3y ago
      I always hated that stereotype too. Those older people were the ones to design our current processors, operating systems, and the internet and web itself. The people who sent man to the moon would be nearing 80-100 years old already.
nagisa 3y ago
There's a non-trivial portion of population that is familiar with the concept of having products fit to them personally: made-to-order uniforms, glasses, other sorts of assistive products. I find it surprising that this is less common than it was in the past, and that people are more willing to put up with something that’s a subpar fit for them. One tech example that would benefit from custom fit are in-ear headphones. It would make sure that product is a perfect fit for every customer every time, rather than roughly every single customer having to put up with a suboptimal fit and poor comfort.
- staunton 3y ago
  Fitting and customizing things takes time and is expensive. That fully explains the trend. Before industrialized mass production, making an item by hand and to fit someone's specific needs was only slightly more effort than to make some "average" fit item.

EwanToo 3y ago

Do you not remember the queues outside Apple stores for early iPhones? https://youtu.be/bWgd5crvB0U https://youtu.be/bWgd5crvB0U

justapassenger 3y ago
Do you not remember it’s 2023 and online retail is at very different place?

peddling-brink 3y ago

Have you been to an Apple Store recently? It’s plenty easy to get their products online, but the stores are consistently packed regardless.

justapassenger 3y ago
I don’t think people who pack Apple stores are target audience. From my experience they’re either not a target audience (older, non tech savvy) or lack funds (teenagers).
- Turing_Machine 3y ago
  Can we please get rid of the stereotype that older people aren't "tech savvy"? Older people today have been using computers since they were in their teens or twenties. Conversely, I know a 20-something woman who can't understand why her iMessages quit working when she switched to an Android phone, despite explaining it to her multiple times. As you note, they also have more money.
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  - pests 3y ago
    I always hated that stereotype too. Those older people were the ones to design our current processors, operating systems, and the internet and web itself. The people who sent man to the moon would be nearing 80-100 years old already.

nagisa 3y ago

There's a non-trivial portion of population that is familiar with the concept of having products fit to them personally: made-to-order uniforms, glasses, other sorts of assistive products. I find it surprising that this is less common than it was in the past, and that people are more willing to put up with something that’s a subpar fit for them. One tech example that would benefit from custom fit are in-ear headphones. It would make sure that product is a perfect fit for every customer every time, rather than roughly every single customer having to put up with a suboptimal fit and poor comfort.

staunton 3y ago
Fitting and customizing things takes time and is expensive. That fully explains the trend. Before industrialized mass production, making an item by hand and to fit someone's specific needs was only slightly more effort than to make some "average" fit item.