Rene Ritchie breaks down the “Amazon buys Eero” story, digs in to all sides. Terrific job here.
Amazon buys Eero — Why people are SO ANGRY
Rene Ritchie breaks down the “Amazon buys Eero” story, digs in to all sides. Terrific job here.
One thing Steve Jobs was able to do was to see what new technology could do, and where it was headed. Remember the “skate to where the puck will be” metaphor? Does Apple have that vision?
“are provided to nearly every single broadband customer by their ISP.”
And, they look like crap.
The eero products look good in my bedroom.
Cannot imagine the swamp rats from CenturyLink selling anything as beautiful.
I think it is funny though that Rene Richie refers to the “Linksys Velop” mesh router system as “Logitech Velum”.
Provided yes. Free no. If you want your own, more secure, more private, better looking, where is Apple? Your argument makes no sense.
Is how they look genuinely important?
I could care, but have NO plans to buy an Eero system, ever.
Ritchie:
By eliminating the Airport, Cook know’s something we all don’t and he’s not sharing. Maybe sales were abysmal; maybe they just couldn’t get manufacturing costs low enough; or maybe Cook hopes his computer customers will use an LTE-based solution (iPhone) for their internet connection. We don’t know his specific motivation, but we can’t dismiss that the HomePod & Apple TV do require a home network in order to function at all. I’m curious, what does Cook use in his home?
For me, I’ll stick with my last generation AirPort Extreme for as long as it holds out and pray Apple keeps updating it’s firmware/software regularly.
I always hid my routers, even the Airports. I wonder if that contributed to why Apple dropped the product line – Jony didn’t want his beautiful.routers hidden in corners collecting dust.
Yes, which is why they aren’t selling wifi routers anymore, which are provided to nearly every single broadband customer by their ISP.
Have you used AirPods? Apple Watch? Both forward-thinking products that nobody else did right.
The new stuff (where the puck is going) is going to be things we don’t even know they’re working on until we do. Not wifi routers.
Yes
It is like any piece of furniture
For you, perhaps. But it’s not furniture. It’s an electronic appliance, on par with a modem or a ceiling antenna. That you enjoy the appearance of the ones you’ve chosen is a bonus. And it’s not the most important feature of these products, as even Rene Ritchie can explain.
If the only such products available all looked like crap, you’d place it out of sight and display something else, as many of us do.
I get that he’s commenting on angry Tweets, but I think he could’ve done so less shrilly himself.
Update: Dieter Bohn did a better, more concise job with this topic over at The Verge.
The technology in the Extreme is already completely outdated. Modern wireless access points and routers support considerably more bandwidth than the version of 802.11ac in the Extreme.