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Facebook Debuts $299 'Ray-Ban Stories' Smart Glasses
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'Most'? Like 99.9% of them. And talk about robbery! $400 for frames? Are they washed with real angel tears, and polished with unicorn fur?
It's already gone... Someone is nodding their head within seconds of reading this, and grabbing their Red Bull...
wow, the guy running Ray Ban seems pretty removed from the history of the brand.
Shut the F up Donny!Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.
It's a committee somewhere, counting their money. I was floored at how much my last pair of glasses cost, even after the 'huge' discount!!!
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks this is a terrible idea. 😛
And this is the real issue with this tech. It doesn’t matter if Facebook can sell some people on the idea if everyone else bans them like they are a Smith and Weston shaped Segway.
I wear sunglasses about 0.05% of my life. No thanks.
Also, privacy concerns aside, I have no desire to aid any company that is hellbent on putting us all into social bubbles to maximize their profit. It's terrible for society.
Also, privacy concerns aside, I have no desire to aid any company that is hellbent on putting us all into social bubbles to maximize their profit. It's terrible for society.
Also Raybann wearers were punchable before, now they’re extra punchable!
I think it's a combo of Google/Snap's past hardware failures and Facebook's terrible reputation for privacy and general lack of caring about truth and social media users' mental health.
I think Apple will experience about a dozen more major privacy fumbles before they eventually release their own AR glasses so I don't think it matters. Apple's privacy marketing messaging helps but Apple customers ultimately trust Apple based on decades of solid and considerate hardware and software choices.
I would have you thrown out of any privately owned shared space and I would probably encourage people to report your suspicious behavior until the cops ask you to not wear them in public. Of course, you could still do so, but eventually, to be safe they could take the camera down to the station and hold it until they have someone qualified to review it.
Because it's not just good enough that you feel comfortable wearing them. Everyone around needs to feel comfortable.
Because it's not just good enough that you feel comfortable wearing them. Everyone around needs to feel comfortable.
Why do you trust them more? Both FB and Snap are in the business of collecting user data on one end, and selling you relevant ads on the other. They just take different routes to get there. FB just has a higher historical creep factor because of its enormous social network and ad businesses.
Just like Google Glasses many businesses and cities will preemptively ban them to avoid possible issues.
The type of people who would willingly purchase these and put them on their face escapes me. It surely doesn't include any of the intelligent, real humans with whom I actually associate?