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Re:Even people who bought Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses don’t... by darkclouds on Friday August 04, 2023 @08:37AM (#36999121)
> Wearables, ultimately, are an expiremental product.

Undercover cops love tech, the apple airpods are a classic example, they are excellent for recording conversations, so when you get a stranger wearing a pair, or meta raybans, or even a mobile phone in hand engaging you in conversation, they are phishing for self incrimination.

So can you really say, they are experimental? Seems like they are being put to good/bad use.

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Re:Even people who bought Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses don’t... by dylan604 on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:21AM (#37000466)
When you are a company the size of FB/Googs, a product that is only used in such a niche way by such a small number of users is not a successful product. So yeah, they would probably much rather the public think of it as an experiment that didn't gain traction to save face rather than releasing yet another failing product. The example you described would probably have users described with numbers in the thousands. These companies are used to numbers in the billions, so that doesn't even make them get out of bed in the morning.
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