Nonsense! We'll fix it all in a software patch! Send it!

Honestly, I miss my T-Mobile Sidekick3. I wish they’d make a revamped version of that.

They allowed the dissemination of hate speech specifically designed specifically to create a genocide. Think of them like the printing presses the Nazis used to produce anti Jewish propaganda. Now social media companies have conveniently deflected the responsibility for what ends up on their platforms by tricking courts into treating them like software companies when they are actually media companies, they make all their money on advertising after all. Their excuse is that they cannot possibly moderate so much content adequately to prevent such uses, yet when it comes to something like copyright, they can automate a system that instantly removes content.

So yeah, I understand exactly how they enabled genocide, as well as how they have accelerated the polarization of the political landscape with algorithms that specifically use anger and siloing to increase engagement.

So fuck Facebook or Meta or anything that Mark Zuckerberg ever touches.

Predicting it now. It'll launch at a higher price than a Quest because they won't be siphoning off user data for META, or lock you into a specific app store, and techies will pan it because:

"It shuld of cost LESS and been betterrrs than a Valff indux, and gave FREE gamez and too SPENSIVE!"

Call Santa. He’s probably hurting for cash.

Crazy, my one x and m8 still work great (just outdated hardware and batteries don't hold much of a charge)

One of my vive sensor boxes gave out for no reason despite me keeping them meticulously clean and separated. They essentially said “sorry, they break on their own, it’s $200 for a new one”. Probably won’t ever purchase something from HTC again thanks to that

Less foolish than rushing to try to ship an unfinished product just for the holidays

What does a global shutter accomplish that a leaf shutter doesn't?

Leaf shutters are available on mass market consumer cameras and solve the "rolling shutter" issue.

I'm sure global shutters have some benefit, I just don't know what it is.

Focus 3 is great albeit pricey, probably still better bang for your buck than Quest Pro even with being 1.5 years older device

No thanks

I mean I know what the OP was referring to I'm just wondering if he understands it.

Facebook didn't enable the Myanmar genocide outside of being a social media platform that anyone can use for whatever mundane or nefarious purposes they wish. In this instance a hostile government regime used it to spread propaganda and target specific groups of people. Facebook failed to detect this because they lacked a Burmese speaking moderation team so a lot of this behavior flew under their radar. And to their credit they responded to this by expanding their moderation team.

So to pretend like it was something they intentionally enabled is a stretch. It's something they failed to proactively prevent but content moderation isn't easy in one language let alone all of them.

By comparison Reddit isn't innocent. The January 6th insurrection was planned in plain sight in r/Conservative and r/The_Donald promoted violence for years before it was finally banned for calling for hostility against police. And those are just two examples specific to America. There are dozens of subreddits that promote violence against specific ethnic groups, religions, and sexual orientations and moderation is almost non-existent since it's left up to admins of that particular community.

Just got a new computer. Guess I’ll wait for VR. So far I’ve heard the best controllers are Valve’s.

Came here just to add onto this comment. I used to be a die-hard android fan back in the day, and HTC was always at the top of my list. The Droid Eris on Verizon was so buttery smooth compared to anything else at the time. It’s a shame they’ve kind of left that space for all intents and purposes

We're talking about their VR headsets. The only good one was the vive. Every subsequent one has been overpriced and trash.

Don't forget this week's lawsuit for inciting hate in Kenya and Ethiopia - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-14/meta-accused-in-lawsuit-of-amplifying-hate-speech-in-africa

I have the Fold, and while, yes, it's a big investment in, Samsung takes the sting off of buying a potentially fragile phone by making it cheap as hell to get it fixed/replaced. I pay $10/month for their premium insurance, which covers just about anything, and it's like $200-250 for a full replacement phone.

In terms of increased utility, it's amazing! I honestly can't see myself ever going back to a normal size phone. It feels so nice to read on this wideass screen, able to see almost entire articles without having to scroll. Youtube and such on it is great as well.

Hey my HTC dream and desire z were awesome (in 2008)

I believe that is the tmobile g1 and g2 in the US/EU

I have a flip 4. Personally the biggest factor for me is that I have a big screen that folds down to a small square in my pocket. If this was a slab phone bending down or doing anything physical would have my phone almost bending from my pants lol. Just uncomfortable.

Plus i got it for half price! So that made me take the chance on it. The only thing i think they need to work on is the hinge design so they can get rid of the crease, make it dust resistant, and give us a bigger screen on front.

Beautiful phone. Convinced me to switch to Android at the time. I’ve since returned to Apple

I’ve got their first VR headset and it’s been good. Don’t use it anymore because VR gets old pretty quickly.

Listen to behind the bastards podcast on Mark Zuckerberg

God I miss the front firing speakers on the One. Best damn phone speakers ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/myanmar-facebook.html

It's HTC, they're bound to fuck it up.