Ray - you are famous
Article title in the link: Someone has already used Apple Vision Pro while cycling and it went as well as you might expect — It’s dangerous outside, but there’s a silver lining
I hate the future
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Maybe if Wout was wearing it yesterday he’d have been able to see the screw in the road and compensate for his lack of skills.
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DC Rainmaker, a sports technology reviewer,
IDK… @dcrainmaker is way more than a reviewer… “influencer”, “expert”, “guru”. ?
Seems to trivialize Ray’s work IMO
See the Pro Cycling Thread
Yes. Hopefully this will drive enough traffic to Ray’s video to at least pay for the Apple Vision Pro 
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I’ll take ‘reviewer’. Personally, I hate ‘influencer’ as a term. I mean, undoubtedly I influence people’s decisions, but I feel like that term has been sullied by a different group of folks that take money for everything they ‘review’.
But, I’ve long-ago given up worrying about it. 
Thanks either way!
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Break-even is realistically about 350K views (using simple math of 1M views is $10K). That math works pretty well for me on the average for the sports tech realm. Some video topics pay more (e.g. Peloton or high-end smart trainers), some topics pay less (e.g. Strava posts). Some seasons are far better (Oct-Dec), and some far worse (January-Feb).
I’m still mostly in the camp of selling it though (I don’t return bought products after reviewing them, that seems kinda wrong to me, obviously loaner products to back). In fact, I virtually never sell the products I buy either. But my accountant (my wife) is looking at this one as questionable at best. I suspect the 350K views will happen on this video, and certainly if used for various sports tech things over a year or two, it might work out. I’ll decide by the end of the month, or, if someone in Amsterdam wants to make a good offer for a…ummm…lightly used Vision Pro.
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From the FIT File I guessed the 350K view == ~$3,500 to pay for the Apple Vision Pro, hence my “Hopefully this [coverage of your review / video] will drive enough traffic” comment.
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Thanks for listening - appreciate it!
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There’s always more than one perspective on things.
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