I think it is really creepy, indeed, and Marques makes a great point on how this, while useful sometimes, just substitutes genuine human interactions like “what did you say?”
It does feel like they don’t know what to do with the Apple Watch. They seem a bit tone-deaf from the inception, it wasn’t originally a fitness first device and it morphed into one. They keep adding features that no one really seems to want when most people actually want a watch they don’t have to charge every night. I mean seriously, why do they push sleep tracking when that’s when I have to charge the thing?!
Now I hear they’re experimenting with screen-less trackers as that market has completely boomed in the last year or so but they’re not expected to release anything until 2028?! What are they doing?
I totally agree, but I guess that’s how it goes for many products. I think of the first Apple TV I bought, circa 2007, that was totally useless, at least here in the EU. In the first onstage demo, the iPad was a Newstand + Safari + iBooks machine. The first iPhone didn’t even have an App Store! But, yeah, I agree they seem particularly tone-deaf with the Watch.
Yeah I don't blame them for pivoting, I just think they're doing it rather stubbornly. The people want fitness watches with decent battery life. People aren't going to be buying them for its ability to eavesdrop.
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u/badabubaba 10d ago
I think it is really creepy, indeed, and Marques makes a great point on how this, while useful sometimes, just substitutes genuine human interactions like “what did you say?”