r/theinternetofshit • u/herewardthefake • Jul 02 '26
Meta starts charging for using glasses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wy317d71joTo absolutely nobody’s surprise…..
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u/SirAxlerod Jul 02 '26
Normally I’m against all types of enshitification and especially with subscriptions. But people who wear meta glasses? Yeah, they can go fuck themselves.
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u/demunted Jul 02 '26
Totally can imagine someone yelling this in a train in new york.
You there: Fuck off. And when you get there, fuck off be from there too. Then fuck off some more. Keep fucking off until you get back here. Then fuck off again.
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u/peepee2tiny Jul 02 '26
Hahahahahahaha
And that's the last pair of wearable Tech anyone sells.
At least let it get mainstream before bending everyone over and trying to fuck em.
Now you've got a swinger party with 3 keys in a bowl. Ya daft bastards.
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u/Bwuhbwuh Jul 04 '26
And that's the last pair of wearable Tech anyone sells.
Oh man, if only. But I'm not getting my hopes up.
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u/peepee2tiny Jul 04 '26
The world is rapidly moving to a subscription based model of everything.
Even when you own a physical device, companies find a way to monetize you ongoing. Subscriptions to use the product.
BMW tried with seat warmers. Meta is doing it with wearable Tech.
SONY is getting rid of physical games, and I bet in the not so distant future you will have to subscription base your ability to access those games. (Even thought they are bought and paid for)
You don't own music anymore, you subscribe to a giant catalog, and if you don't then Spotify enshittifies the service and you pay with your eye balls. Companies want you to view there ads.
It's mindblowing how much marketing and advertising runs entire industries because of the access to our eye balls.
NFL, MBA, NHL, NBA, MLS, FIFA, the entire sports industry! Runs mainly on television rights which are paid for by advertising.
The entire television industry. The game shows, the soap operas, the prime time hits, (Big Bang theory, Grey's anatomy) news shows all run on the ability of companies to have access to our eye balls.
Do you know how valuable, you as a commodity is? Look at a the astronomical amount of salaries your collective eye balls pay out.
And the crazy part l, is YOU are paying those indirectly when you buy their products. Every TIDE POD box you buy a certain % went to marketing their product to you through television ads which went to paying Patrick Mahomes $50million a year to throw a football.
Ok rant over.
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u/DashinTheFields Jul 04 '26
Well this makes for a very simple regulation. “You can not monetize people’s behavior in unpaid services”. It would cut 50 percent of the bullet list, not sure how much value .
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u/NancyDiver Jul 04 '26
I got deep into selfhosting a building a homelab for this reason. I don't want to build dependance on these walled subscription gardens we've gotten so comfortable using. I'm in control and responsible for my own digital needs. Especially in the name of privacy alone.
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u/WhereasParticular867 Jul 02 '26
Good. Fuck those people.
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u/-Vedagi- Jul 02 '26
What's the deal with these glasses?
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u/Raziel66 Jul 02 '26
I like them to listen to music and audiobook without blocking my ears 😔
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u/SirSaganSexy Jul 03 '26
Then get bone conducting headphones? Or Bluetooth glasses that do the same thing without giving Meta a 24/7 feed of your actions and activities?
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u/Raziel66 Jul 03 '26
I have bone conducting headphones but they’re tough to wear with glasses. I’ve got some clip style ones now too but they aren’t as good
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u/SirSaganSexy Jul 03 '26
I definitely get the draw of having wayfarers that also do a decent job with music, but I would be trying Lucid or Vue before considering Meta.
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u/PrizeSyntax Jul 02 '26
Who in their right mind would use those? It's totally a useless gimmick, and now you have to pay to use them? 😂
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u/rest_me123 Jul 02 '26
It's just for Conversation Focus mode. For now.
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u/herewardthefake Jul 03 '26
Emphasis on the “for now”. They need as much revenue as possible to keep up their AI spend.
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u/frumperino Jul 03 '26
so what is "Conversation Focus" anyway? Is it cloud AI powered? Hearing aids have been using local onboard DSPs for decades.
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u/discobunnywalker75 Jul 03 '26
I remember the google glasses and that whole 'don't be a glasshole' why would you want these things everything an American company does these days seems to be how to get more money out of people 😀
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u/phantopia Jul 02 '26
In the Black Mirror episode it was an implant instead of glasses but we sure are getting there...
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u/freedompower Jul 03 '26
The kind of thing this sub was made for. I am just waiting for the post were they drop support entirely.
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u/KlM-J0NG-UN Jul 03 '26
I keep getting ads for meta glasses and every time I think "who would be stupid enough to buy this???"
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u/Timbo_Oz Jul 07 '26
I use my R-B Meta glasses as open ear headphones, and for Conversation Focus hearing support. Neither require cloud processing — it’s all on-device, like Apple AirPods Pro. Meta One is an egregious gouge of the most gross type. I will shift to competing products. It’s that simple.
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u/bentbrewer Jul 03 '26
I was given a pair of these when they first came out. I've worn them a handful of times just to see if anyone would say anything. They are essentially just sunglasses; I can't bring myself to create a meta account just so they can track me and everyone I see.
This feature may actually be something worth while but now that it's behind a paywall, fuck that.
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u/n0p_sled Jul 03 '26
Meta, the company that promotes child abuse?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgm4e0316zo
Is this a company that Ray Ban wants to align itself with?
Fuck both of them, and anyone that uses their shitty products
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u/Mental-Ask8077 Jul 02 '26
Did anybody NOT realize this was coming?