A costly gamble for tech they really wanted that wasn't mature yet.

They were still late, just not late enough.

Dominating the market??

Honestly seems like a supportive argument. Yea, your amendment clearly shows Apple isn't always right/late, but Vision Pro is an example of them being early and how far they miss when they're early hah.

(I don't have a side in this discussion)

Vision Pro failed

Apple fails at every novel thing they try and crushes it at every thing they copy