On the HomePod audio point, lots of products and services tried to sell on sound quality alone and none sold in high volume. MP3s confirmed to us consumers are fine with good enough audio. The value has to be in Siri/personal assistant for Apple’s long term strategic ambitions.
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Replying to @BenBajarin
And did you notice how, when they announced it, they dropped the ‘personal assistant’ thing in there like it’s not important! Like it’s a convenient add on to a great speaker. Would love to know what
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Replying to @kanesimms @BenBajarin
Kane, thanks for asking. I see this as a myopic insight to how
#VoiceFirst is driving the market. Apple has so many benefits and is squandering them. The#VoiceFirst market was theirs to own with a 7 year head start.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @BrianRoemmele @BenBajarin
How can they not see? Are we totally missing something? Are they just getting their ducks in a row or is the
#HomePod it? I heard what you said about Steve Jobs’ vision for#Siri - can’t wrap my head around the vision for this product but it can’t have been what he had in mind
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Kane, I hear ya. Do a Search here on Twitter and watch some great minds make statements that playing music is the only reason for a speaker. These folks are married to a world they do not want to see disrupted. It will be historic and Bezos is laughing very loud.
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