by zer0zzz 10 hours ago
2026 is not 2012
You're right, it's much worse and we should be doing everything we can to turn it around.
I propose we just assume people with meta glasses are recording others in public and we call them creeps. Shaming works, we should use it more.
You think so? I tend to think these days it’s so bad and people are so nihilistic that you’d get ostracized for upsetting “the vibe.”
Agreed, it is creepy and I tell people to take them off if they come to my home.
Yeah but how often does that actually happen? What if they're prescriptions?
They're okay in your circle today? Not mine.
Anecdotal screeching aside, they’re objectively selling far better than any headgear ever made. The sales figures show they’re pretty popular as far as wearables go. That leads me to believe we’re not in the same world as Google glass especially when back then folks were far more trusting of tech (let alone the fact that it’s meta).
The times I do I see folks wearing them the normie reaction is typically “oh cool” and not some libertarian allergic reaction to technology.
I don’t know what the downvote is about. I’ve not said anything for or against this tech or the company that makes it. I just don’t think it’s valuable to inform your world view on tech takes that are old enough to be taking the practice SAT.
> I don’t know what the downvote is about.
> screeching
> libertarian allergic reaction to technology
The pissed off anecdotal stories that don’t line up with sales figures have no value: that’s my point.
Said libertarian allergic reaction isn’t a bad thing, nor should it be implied I meant it as such.
Sounds like yall done a lot of assuming.