You bought the hardware. Now you’ll need to subscribe for “expanded access” to the most advanced features.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260702094727/https://www.wired.com/story/why-meta-is-charging-a-subscription-for-on-device-smart-glasses-features/

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[–] 24 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Lol, lmao even

Did they think it would be free forever

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, they probably did. Isn't facebook and other meta shit still free?

    I don't know, just assuming it still is.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Even pitchfork locked their album reviews behind a paid subscription.

    It's like everyone's hurrying to get some of people's money, before Trump takes everything from everyone.

    Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram - they aren't free, you feed them with your most private data.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    We finally awake now? Will we stop buying dumbing tech from scammers? How much more restricted do our lives need to get before we finally say no more?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Not enough people using these for that to be the case. Needs to be something the vast majority of people rely on daily for the pleebs to start realizing what that smell is.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yeah, like with personal motor vehicles.

    You all remember when it turned out leaded gasoline and tire dust were poisoning everyone and the cities filled with smog and noise pollution and commute times increased because everything had to be further apart for parking lots and arterial roads and traffic jams and entire neighborhoods were demolished and millions of businesses went bankrupt because foot traffic died out because all the cars and asphalt made it intolerable to be outside a car and children became unable to safely play outside and sedatery lifestyles lead to obesity and a massive loss of people's ability to just do physical things and everybody's lives noticeably got worse over a single lifetime, that people rebelled and stopped the motor industry?

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    One more reason why it's so important for jailbreaking to be legal.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Yes, but more important, don't buy creepy spy glasses. This kind of glasses seems specifically designed for perverts.

    If someone has a need to film in 1st person while doing sports or another activity, get a gopro.

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  • [+] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    or a big creep, alot of people would buy this to record women/men as part of thier collection.

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    I lived very happily for 60 years without all Meta crap, I can still live without it.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If you saw someone wearing them and you started playing a copywrited song would that make them not able to publish the content?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Buy a sub to be spied on. Magic.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    if I see anyone wearing these... they are being thrown in the sewer

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    at first it was a gambling app, and now charging a subscription. ZUCKERBERG is in the death throes.

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