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In order to protect user privacy, Apple…

In order to protect user privacy, Apple Vision Pro does not trigger hover state on UI controls other than native visionOS applications. As a result, successfully clicking links and buttons requires the user to take a Tap of Faith that they're looking at them just right.

As a result, my click failure rate is like 30%. This is so dumb. Let me turn off gaze privacy.


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