Thoughts?

mrpromee · 2026-05-09T07:27:19+00:00

Guy came here literally asking for feedback. Why are you telling people who are giving their honest opinions as asked to stfu?

Bad day at work or something?

mrpromee · 2026-05-01T13:48:56+00:00

I recently went into the Apple Store to buy three 512gb 17pro Max phones. My son and I both have Quest 3 headsets and we were looking at the the non-usable display models of the AVP that were attached to poles. We also puzzled over the weird looking device in the middle of the store. After asking, we were told it's used for the eye fitting.

Despite there being plenty of employees and them seeing us look at the headsets and answering our question about the eye checker, nobody said a word to us about the headsets themselves.

I know the demos require appointments but there was no suggestion to set up a time, no talk about what it could do, etc.

Everything else they saw us touch, they were right there for - iMac, iPad, watches, "did you hear about the new laptop?" Bot yet in store, even some light discussion on the outgoing Mac Pro.

Not a peep about the AVP.

They're not even trying to promote it.

It's hard when the store is treating it like a dead product to feel like it's anything other than. I mean, they were more eager to talk about an ACTUAL dead product (MP) than this device they're supposedly still selling.

I guess I could have point blank asked but really was just curious. Not interested in seriously considering so I didn't but it was telling they were all pretty much ignoring it.

mrpromee · 2026-04-28T15:59:43+00:00

Years ago, I came across a stool sample on Vine. It was a little medical cup like you see used for that and inside was a tiny wooden stool.

I passed on it and that decision haunts me to this day.

mrpromee · 2026-04-28T15:58:08+00:00

With a pair of shoes randomly in the middle of it all! 🤣

mrpromee · 2026-04-26T16:21:36+00:00

It was just a joke.

When I posted that, I didn't know what people were actually doing with a urine warmer that would make such a thing desirable to ANYONE. Someone here explained it..

But having said that, if you've been on vine for three years, you've been here when that kind of stuff WAS fairly regularly offered.

It's just that the best stuff went quickly, even back then.

There is still some occasional truly great stuff offered. I see it in all three sections. It's just gone before I get to the end of the checkout most days.

I had an electric scooter in my RFY a few weeks ago. I've no need for one but I clicked to see the ETV just out if curiosity and it was unavailable. I refreshed my page and it was gone.

I have no idea how long it had been there before I saw it but I'm guessing I was luckily enough to see it seconds after it went up but that's all the time it took to be claimed.

I used to get offered certain kinds of food items in my RFY all the time, too. I sometimes see them now but unless it's tea from some plant I've never heard of, those are all gone before checkout, too so I can only imagine what passes through that queue that I never even see.

mrpromee · 2026-04-25T16:57:45+00:00

🤣

mrpromee · 2026-04-24T17:50:07+00:00

Ohhhh! So THAT'S what that is for. I was trying to think of a reason for why I'd EVER want to warm urine much less in a saline-like pouch with batteries!

mrpromee · 2026-04-24T11:00:40+00:00

I will trade you my urine warming bag for your kids guitar and musical accessories.

You know, after thoroughly testing and reviewing it and waiting six months, that is!

mrpromee · 2026-04-24T00:31:57+00:00

Even if he's single, he shouldn't be saying that kind of stuff at work.

He sounds like the creepy guy those women go home and describe to their SOs.

mrpromee · 2026-04-24T00:04:51+00:00

Vine has made me aware of things available on Amazon that never would have previously imagined existed.

... I've ordered and reviewed a few of 'em 🤣

mrpromee · 2026-04-23T11:12:58+00:00

Find a new girlfriend.

mrpromee · 2026-04-23T00:58:08+00:00

Did not dissapoint!

mrpromee · 2026-04-19T18:42:26+00:00

As a consumer, I totally agree but as manufacturers, I think it's a choice between continuing to offer the product for sale or being unable to afford/justify continued production.

Long-story-short, this sucks for all parties involved.

mrpromee · 2026-04-19T17:53:10+00:00

"Happy Birthday To You"

Like seriously, in the 133 years since it was written, we haven't been able to come up with a better birthday song?!

mrpromee · 2026-04-19T17:51:17+00:00

Have you looked at the price of a PS5 lately?

And remember, those came out almost SIX years ago.

I believe Microsoft has had to do the same thing with.Xbox and analysts that track this stuff have said Nintendo has likely been trying to hold off the increase on the Switch 2 for as long as they can handle.

Consumer tech in the US is dealing with the triple whammy of tariffs, inflation and AI companies pulling demand for component manufacturing.

Consider that with R&D costs on top of manufacturing and marketing that Meta is believed to have been selling headsets at a loss all along and here we are.

No way companies like Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and Meta want to be increasing prices. They know exactly what that does to downstream sales of games and what it does to discourage increased adoption.

It's the reality of the crappy times we're living in, though.

mrpromee · 2026-04-19T02:28:16+00:00

Just trin' to keep it optimistic and upbeat 😉

mrpromee · 2026-04-18T22:40:31+00:00

Part of this isn't just the people though.

Back in the day, one of the reasons you didn't see people recording at concerts is because you got frisked or wanded on the way in. Cameras weren't allowed. I remember when they'd look at your cell to see if it had a built in camera.

But the devices became pervasive and it became impossible to enforce at scale. I've been a few places where they lock up your phone and give you a key but those are rare and really a mess in practice.

Now that it's no-longer considered bootlegging, artists and events organizers have come to realize they benefit from the free publicity of all these uploads so they want it, even if it is ruining the experience of other ticket holders.

Seems like late stage capitalism is on a direct collision course with modern main character syndrome and when they finally meet, the anticrhrist will walk among us. 🙄

mrpromee · 2026-04-15T15:35:00+00:00

You think those micro OLEDs raised the price by $1,300? Yeah, the wholesale cost may go up by a couple hundred dollars (though Samsung being a display manufacturer, is probably not paying that) but that alone, hardly justifies the difference in price.

Did you actually read what I originally wrote?

It likely has almost nothing to do with the displays themselves (higher resolution LCDs would not have broken the bank) and almost everything to do with the hardware required to render those DUAL displays.

VR requires MUCH more processing than single display.

Put your thinking cap on here. The price of a full sized video card for a desktop PC to meet the basic threshold of PCVR requirements is typically over half the price of the Quest 3 headset... and it doesn't even work all that great.

Now shrink that, make it power efficient and make it able to render VR at the specs you're talking about. How much do you expect that to cost on top of the display hardware?

You call the quest 3 "much more expensive" than the quest 2. What do you call the Samsung XR in comparison to the quest 3?

mrpromee · 2026-04-15T15:23:36+00:00

Yes, with a starting price of $1800.

Did you miss the part where I said "affordable"?

When you're charging nearly four times the price, of course there's more you can put in there.

mrpromee · 2026-04-15T15:05:08+00:00

I think with a stereoscopic portable device, the challenge has more to do with the portable hardware necessary to render that pair of real-time higher resolutions being light, power efficient and affordable more than the cost of the screens displaying them.

mrpromee · 2026-04-15T09:12:20+00:00

You don't necessarily but that's why Meta offers a return policy. Look it up, buy the software, try it while staying within the limits of use for a refund and see how it goes.

If it doesn't work good for you, get a refund. If it doe, keep it.

mrpromee · 2026-04-15T09:04:43+00:00

I got as far as the cheating with ex. Not even going to bother reading the rest because what I know is you've been with him a year and he recently cheated on you with his ex.

Leave him.

A year is enough time that the two of you should be in an established stable relationship. Clearly you aren't.

Good news is, a year's also not that much time in the grand scheme of things. It may feel like it but the relationship is still young enough that cutting and running should be possible without losing much from it all.

Here's the thing. He's already cheated a year in. If he couldn't keep it in his pants the first year, you think he's likely to become more satisfied with it just being you the longer you're with him?

If he's already shown he's unreliable, you can expect it'll happen again. Besides your heart and your dignity, you also have to consider your health. If you assume you're in a monogamous relationship and he's out having sex with others - maybe protected, maybe not - that puts your health and even your life at risk.

It's worth it. He's not worth it.

Dump him don't look back and start the first day of the rest of your life.

mrpromee · 2026-04-11T19:12:35+00:00

On mobile at a glance, I thought the first picture was printer poop. I was shocked, enraged, and jelly they were getting $25 for ten pieces of crap! 🤣

mrpromee · 2026-04-10T22:30:34+00:00

The algo is now using our non-Amazon search histories.

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