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I find the title overly slanted for my tastes, and I don’t have any stake in the game. The article admits the headset weighs in between a quest 3 and a quest pr
by dcow 3y ago
I find the title overly slanted for my tastes, and I don’t have any stake in the game. The article admits the headset weighs in between a quest 3 and a quest pro. Why are we comparing to “almost as much as an iPad Pro? Maybe it’s a standard reference for the macrumors audience? Kinda feels like the author is trying to bait outrage clicks but maybe it’s just awkward wording.
- cbovis 3y agoI've never really found Macrumors to be all that click-baity. My guess would be a reference point targeted at their particular demographic. Reading the article on your iPad Pro? Now you know roughly how heavy the Vision Pro is going to be.
- MBCook 3y agoI agree with you, I like them. But this does feel oddly clickbait-y to me. “Vision Pro weighs just 3 oz more than Meta Quest 3” would be just as accurate and more useful. But generate fewer clicks.
- jinushaun 3y agoNot click bait. I know what an iPad Pro weighs. I don’t know what a Quest weighs. Intuitively.
- layer8 3y agoClickbaity titles are par for the course for MacRumors.
- SllX 3y ago> Maybe it’s a standard reference for the macrumors audience? I think it’s honestly this. Most MacRumors headlines are awkward and almost solely reference Apple products, even if there’s a better thing to compare, so their clickbait potential is usually incidental at best because everyone who reads it normally knows this is MacRumors and they’re on a strict applesauce-based diet.
- oefrha 3y agoThere are a lot more people with iPads than Quests. I know exactly how much a 12.9’’ iPad Pro weighs (I’m holding one right now) and have zero idea how much a Quest weighs. I fail to see anything outrageous or baity about this. If you think a 12.9’’ iPad Pro is heavy (hence outrageous?) — it is not.
- davrosthedalek 3y ago"Almost as much" gives me the impression that it is heavy, at least compared to the expectation of the writer. "Less than" would give me the impression that it is light. "about" would be neutral.
- interestica 3y agoYeah, the phrasing is not neutral. That's the critical aspect.
- interestica 3y agoBut how many have a 12.9" iPad pro? That has to be one of the lower volume models.
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- stronglikedan 3y agoAlso, it's not so much the weight as it is the balance. E.g., putting a battery pack on a Quest makes a huge difference in comfort.
- screye 3y agoTo be fair, Apple focused outlets (like macrumors) tend to ignore the world outside apple. So it computes that they compare th Viaion pro max for the nearest apple device....rather than something else on the market