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Facebook’s Project Aria Is Google Maps – For Your Entire Life

#1

Post by simonebrunozzi » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 7:02 AM UTC

#2

Post by anentropic » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:08 AM UTC

Why?

#3

Post by PeterSmit » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:08 AM UTC

Forced signup for Medium. Meh.

#4

Post by SahAssar » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:34 AM UTC

PeterSmit wrote: post #3

Forced signup for Medium. Meh.

Medium is a lot better if you block all JS on the site. I do that with umatrix.

#5

Post by nielsbot » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:37 AM UTC

PeterSmit wrote: post #3

Forced signup for Medium. Meh.

For some reason I can read it w/o signing up?

#6

Post by aww_dang » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:39 AM UTC

Remember the backlash Google Glass inspired?

#7

Post by detay » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:42 AM UTC

Oh an expensive online glass to tell me not to cross the road on red lights.

#8

Post by anentropic » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:49 AM UTC

nielsbot wrote: post #5

PeterSmit wrote: post #3

Forced signup for Medium. Meh.

For some reason I can read it w/o signing up?

There's a quota, if you read a few more it will start prompting you

Opening in an incognito window works though

#9

Post by OddlyChosen » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:52 AM UTC

anentropic wrote: post #2

Why?

Money.

#10

Post by always_left » Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:58 AM UTC

detay wrote: post #7

Oh an expensive online glass to tell me not to cross the road on red lights.

But without the label that said "Vietnamese food" did you know "Coffee and Bánh Mi" was "Vietnamese food"? /s