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Comment by sourcecodeplz | Hacker News Reader

Absolutely! This product is building a NEW CATEGORY, of course it is not going to be perfect on first itteration.

Products are reviewed based on their current capabilities, not their future potential. Having watched the review video, I don't think any of the points he brought up were unreasonable. It's not expecting perfection, it's just explaining what state the product is in.

While a different caliber of a device, it does remind me of Apple Vision Pro, which is also carving out a new device category. In its case many reviewers were more receptive to the potential it promises, rather than just a set of provided features.

I don’t think the pin is a good product to buy right now. At the same time I believe that in 5 years that style of UI will be more prevalent than whatever AVP tries to push.

> This product is building a NEW CATEGORY, of course it is not going to be perfect on first itteration.

Oh man you're right. It's a NEW CATEGORY which means the product deserves softball reviews if not just thinly veiled advertisements. Since it's a NEW CATEGORY everyone should buy maybe two or three of them, you know since it's a NEW CATEGORY. We want to support NEW CATEGORIES because reasons.

You first.

It also kills any hope in that NEW CATEGORY that makes it really hard for the next one to even try...

A bad product isn’t going to build a new category. Windows tablets had a 20 year history in one form or another before the iPad walked in and put tablets on the map.

If there’s a new product category to be had here, Humane aren’t the ones building it right now.

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