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I left the headline like the original, but I see this as a massive win for Apple. The device is ridiculously expensive, isn't even on sale yet and already has 150 apps specifically designed for that.

If Google did this, it wouldn't even get 150 dedicated apps even years after launch (and the guaranteed demise of it) and even if it was something super cheap like being made of fucking cardboard.

This is something that as an Android user I envy a lot from the Apple ecosystem.

Apple: this is a new feature => devs implement them in their apps the very next day even if it launches officially in 6 months.

Google: this is a new feature => devs ignore it, apps start to support it after 5-6 Android versions

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So what number of apps is it?

“Only 150+” provides zero information regarding quantity

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well it does say n >= 150. But the phrasing makes it sound like it is trying to imply that this is a small number.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Exactly. The statement doesn’t validate in the sense check, making the >= 150 back into a maybe because I’m uncertain if it makes sense at all.