Apple reportedly ’accelerating’ entry-level Vision Pro — and it could cost $2,000 less

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https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/vr-ar/apple-reportedly-accelerating-entry-level-vision-pro-and-it-could-cost-dollar2000-less

[u/Qrthulhu]

Paying more is worth not having to deal with Facebook

[u/Lehas1 → u/Qrthulhu]

Lol, reality check: meta has across their plattforms more than 2 bilion active users.

Imagine following scenario. facebook offers their customers following option. pay 3000€ once and we will never track you again in life and will respect your privacy. A negible account would take this offer.

If you really think customers think their data and privacy worth 3000€ than Meta is higly undervalued in the current stockmarket. This would mean their market value is above 6 trillion €.

[u/jduder107 → u/Lehas1]

You’re falsely equating physical products to “free” digital services.  When people use services like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. they do so with the understanding that their “payment” is their data being sold and used for targeted advertising (whether they are aware of this is up to debate, but with recent hearings of tech companies like Facebook and google, I’d say most people are aware).

However, when you buy a physical product that relationship instantly changes. The base expectation is that when a consumer pays for a physical product, the company they purchase it from makes their money by making the cost higher than manufacturing and logistics costs. When a company decides to not only charge you for a physical (or digital) product and then harvest your data, they are double dipping. 

All this to say that even though their estimated users across all their platforms are over 3 billion, and even though the vast majority do not value their privacy at $3000, they do so with the understanding that their data is payment for a digital service. The situation changes for physical products where plenty of people are willing to pay a premium for better user privacy (this is a selling point for iPhones for a reason, Apple’s marketing team isn’t stupid).

Tl;dr Why are you quoting a $3000 privacy fee for digital services that doesn’t have near the features or technology or manufacturing cost of a physical device with cameras and microphones. No one is paying a $3000 premium for on device privacy (no one claimed they are), but it does contribute to the value.

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they do so with the understanding blissfully ignoring that their “payment” is their data being sold

FTFY