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Would you happen to have any examples showcasing their hypocrisy? Though hyperbolic, I thought the reviews were balanced. Products shouldn’t primarily be built

Would you happen to have any examples showcasing their hypocrisy? Though hyperbolic, I thought the reviews were balanced. Products shouldn’t primarily be built on hype and optimism, they should fulfill a job to be done. The software for AI Pin will improve but so will AI capabilities for smartphones in parallel.

KoolKat23 2y ago
I don't disagree with you on the review being balanced overall or having merit. It's more the framing, very hyperbolic as you say. They all have "worst product ever reviewed" in the title perhaps it's the only way to stay relevant to the algorithms these days. Don't have time to go look for one. But can think of many occasions they'd mention the manufacturer has promised to update and improve this and then give them a free pass on whatever gimmicky aspect of the product they're looking at, usually software. Overlooking that aspect rather than lambasting them. I mean perhaps a slight stretch, but their coverage of the Apple Vision Pro, have they had much reason to use it, aside from the demos? There's also some UX issues mentioned but they're given a free pass as they expect Apple to improve it with time. They'll say "not there yet" rather than "worst product ever".
- joshstrange 2y ago
  I returned my AVP but these things don’t happen in a vacuum. Humane is a company that might not exist in 6 months whereas Apple has a proven track record on iterating and improving on the devices they release. The Apple Watch Series 0 is a good example of this IMHO. I’m not saying the AVP will fix all its issues but it is so much more impressive than a cellular device hooked up to OpenAi’s APIs. Also, let’s not forget that Humane wasn’t even planing to use AI for their product until the last year or two when AI took off. Maybe you can say it was a smart pivot but to me to reeked of just jumping on the AI bandwagon (which, does make some sense I’ll grant you).

KoolKat23 2y ago

I don't disagree with you on the review being balanced overall or having merit. It's more the framing, very hyperbolic as you say. They all have "worst product ever reviewed" in the title perhaps it's the only way to stay relevant to the algorithms these days. Don't have time to go look for one. But can think of many occasions they'd mention the manufacturer has promised to update and improve this and then give them a free pass on whatever gimmicky aspect of the product they're looking at, usually software. Overlooking that aspect rather than lambasting them. I mean perhaps a slight stretch, but their coverage of the Apple Vision Pro, have they had much reason to use it, aside from the demos? There's also some UX issues mentioned but they're given a free pass as they expect Apple to improve it with time. They'll say "not there yet" rather than "worst product ever".

joshstrange 2y ago
I returned my AVP but these things don’t happen in a vacuum. Humane is a company that might not exist in 6 months whereas Apple has a proven track record on iterating and improving on the devices they release. The Apple Watch Series 0 is a good example of this IMHO. I’m not saying the AVP will fix all its issues but it is so much more impressive than a cellular device hooked up to OpenAi’s APIs. Also, let’s not forget that Humane wasn’t even planing to use AI for their product until the last year or two when AI took off. Maybe you can say it was a smart pivot but to me to reeked of just jumping on the AI bandwagon (which, does make some sense I’ll grant you).