Today I received an incredible surprise care package containing a 1TB Apple Vision Pro (M2), official case, weighted ResMed dual strap, and developer strap, all for which I am incredibly thankful. 🤯
Finally, after 2 years, I will be able to dive in to visionOS properly*
(And no, it wasn't from Apple)
*in as much as is possible in a non-supported country, which Apple has made /as painful as possible/, but I will complain about that in due time
My custom satellite TV app works great on visionOS 👌
I can pick up a 70" virtual tv screen and wander round the house with it, or bring it to the moon or a desert island
One aspect of the Vision Pro experience that really fucking sucks is the Apple TV app.
Not because it's bad.
Because its contents are completely unavailable if Vision Pro isn't supported in your country.
That means no Apple shows, no Paramount+, no nothing. Deep links go nowhere.
You can sometimes play these TV shows and movies using the Apple TV website (but not always), but that's it.
The Apple TV experience is 75% of the value of a Vision Pro, and it's just not available to me in Ireland
I can understand the App Store not being available (though I disagree with that, too), but to lock away my access to the services I'm already paying per month for is a bit of a gut punch — especially when it's some of the only content Vision Pro *has* right now.
(I knew this going in, for the record, but now I've experienced it I want to share how I feel about it)
Steve Troughton-Smith
Timo Hetzel