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Maybe this is a new low for the more regular consumer facing stuff, but this is hardly new for Apple. The $1000 wheels come to mind.

kotaKat 11mo ago
Or the fugly Beats Pill... things. https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/18/beats-pill-vear-returns/ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/18/beats-pill-vear-returns...
JimDabell 11mo ago
Apple were also widely ridiculed for the iPad (just a big iPhone), AirPods (everybody who wears them looks goofy), and Apple Watch (ugly square).
- ghaff 11mo ago
  Apple Watch also that no one not a boomer wears watches any longer.
  - LeoPanthera 11mo ago
    You're kidding, right? It's ubiquitous. I see it everywhere. It's almost unusual to see someone wearing a watch that isn't one.
  - broodbucket 11mo ago
    Yeah this is out of touch. They're definitely still popular, and besides, older generations exist and their product preferences are valid
  - mariusor 11mo ago
    Except for all the young, fit people that want to track their workouts and health. Maybe the time of watches that just tell time has passed - I would argue even against that with the continuing existence of Swiss luxury brands - but watch as a small health monitor is still in full force.
    - ghaff 11mo ago
      To be honest I usually wear a cheap Timex even though I have an Apple Watch because charging is a task. Wear for hiking. Care less about regular fitness tracking.
      - mariusor 11mo ago
        People that care about battery life probably use something more sporty like the new Suunto's (I get about 2weeks+ of batter life). However the smart watch health features are nowhere near as good.
- broodbucket 11mo ago
  Screenshot this when the iPhone Pocket is the hot new product everyone must buy, but somehow I don't think these are even remotely in the same category. I don't think Ballmer laughing at the iPhone's price is in the same category as this or the wheels, somehow. Maybe I'm just not enough of a thought leader.
  - JimDabell 11mo ago
    I’m not saying it’s going to be a hot new product that everyone must buy, I’m pointing out that “Apple product ridiculed online” is a completely meaningless non-event that it makes no sense to report on. It’s going to happen for excellent, incredibly successful products; it’s going to happen for bad products; and it’s going to happen to all the products in-between.

kotaKat 11mo ago

Or the fugly Beats Pill... things. https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/18/beats-pill-vear-returns/ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/18/beats-pill-vear-returns...

JimDabell 11mo ago

Apple were also widely ridiculed for the iPad (just a big iPhone), AirPods (everybody who wears them looks goofy), and Apple Watch (ugly square).

ghaff 11mo ago
Apple Watch also that no one not a boomer wears watches any longer.
- LeoPanthera 11mo ago
  You're kidding, right? It's ubiquitous. I see it everywhere. It's almost unusual to see someone wearing a watch that isn't one.
- broodbucket 11mo ago
  Yeah this is out of touch. They're definitely still popular, and besides, older generations exist and their product preferences are valid
- mariusor 11mo ago
  Except for all the young, fit people that want to track their workouts and health. Maybe the time of watches that just tell time has passed - I would argue even against that with the continuing existence of Swiss luxury brands - but watch as a small health monitor is still in full force.
  - ghaff 11mo ago
    To be honest I usually wear a cheap Timex even though I have an Apple Watch because charging is a task. Wear for hiking. Care less about regular fitness tracking.
    - mariusor 11mo ago
      People that care about battery life probably use something more sporty like the new Suunto's (I get about 2weeks+ of batter life). However the smart watch health features are nowhere near as good.
broodbucket 11mo ago
Screenshot this when the iPhone Pocket is the hot new product everyone must buy, but somehow I don't think these are even remotely in the same category. I don't think Ballmer laughing at the iPhone's price is in the same category as this or the wheels, somehow. Maybe I'm just not enough of a thought leader.
- JimDabell 11mo ago
  I’m not saying it’s going to be a hot new product that everyone must buy, I’m pointing out that “Apple product ridiculed online” is a completely meaningless non-event that it makes no sense to report on. It’s going to happen for excellent, incredibly successful products; it’s going to happen for bad products; and it’s going to happen to all the products in-between.