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bijowo1676 | on: Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?
unless Apple allows adult content applications on Vision Pro its future is doomed.

There are only two first-adopters for any new technology: military and adult industry.

Without these you wont get any traction

wolvoleo | parent | next
This is true. I use my quest 3 for adult content all the time and it honestly adds a lot. It's the one thing where immersion really adds value. It's like you're there yourself, especially if you have a toy that can synchronise to the content.

The prudishness is really holding back the industry.

kenferry | parent | next
I don’t think either of those drove smart phone adoption.
joemi | root | parent | next
Adult websites were never banned on those, as far as I recall.
numpad0 | root | parent
That's some insane revisionism.
throwaway28373 | parent | next
There are no adult apps but they’re not needed for stereo videos. And the videos do exist, and they’re not hard to find, and they work well on AVP.
nkrisc | parent | next
You can watch porn on devices most people already have.
yieldcrv | root | parent
doesn't work well on an airplane
loading story #48469489
rpastuszak | root | parent
?
loading story #48468603
kaikai | parent | next
Don’t forget advertising
NetOpWibby | parent | next
Web browsers exist
Rohansi | root | parent | next
You mean web browser, singular.
bijowo1676 | root | parent
then why buy expensive vision pro if I have a browser on my phone?
wat10000 | parent | next
iPhone has never allowed those and it seems to have done alright.
bijowo1676 | root | parent | next
it did add Safari private browsing mode :), but overall iPhone piggybacked off of the Internet, which was created by Military and adult industry were the first large scale content websites that drove innovation
jzellis | root | parent
Yes, absolutely no one uses an iPhone to go to Pornhub and spank themselves into oblivion because Steve and Tim said it's wrong
wat10000 | root | parent
And nobody does that on Vision Pro despite it including the same browsing capabilities, apparently.
DonHopkins | root | parent
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
some_random | parent
I don't think that's true, 3.5k for a porn machine is an incredibly steep price.
ako | root | parent | next
People "happily" spend that on drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, so why not on porn.
some_random | root | parent
True, but people are more willing to spend that kind of money $20-50 at a time than all at once.
t-3 | root | parent
Sign up for Apple Card and you can purchase on a payment plan.
wholinator2 | root | parent
I don't believe the two thoughts are mutually exclusive.