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Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by taco_emoji »

aacook wrote: post #99

It seems like there are a lot of negative comments about Meta's glasses which is surprising to me as a regular user. I bought these both in clear and sunglasses and I love them. I've recorded some of the most amazing videos of my baby with them. Listening to music is fantastic as it's different from regular headphones since you can still hear the world around you — I've even done a few longer bike rides with them and…

Wow yeah, there's no other way to take pictures or listen to music with environmental pass-through

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by 1oooqooq »

paxys wrote: post #680
motorest wrote: post #328

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Meta has close to 4 billion people worldwide using one or more of their products. If you ask any of those 4 billion people if they know WhatsApp is related in anyway to Meta, your answers will be split between "no" and "what's a Meta?"

So you are saying people won't buy these glasses because Meta is evil, but they also don't know what Meta is?

the glasses require a FACEBOOK account. they got away on whatsbook by not mentioning Facebook anywhere. including NOT requiring a Facebook account.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by Aurornis »

leokennis wrote: post #471
mrheosuper wrote: post #428

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and do you think they will stop using Whatsapp if they know Meta is the parent ?

I think 99% of WhatsApp users would gladly stop using WhatsApp and switch to something like Signal, if they had verbal agreements of "everyone else" that they would also switch. Everyone is only on WhatsApp because everyone is on WhatsApp. That is why they tolerate the Meta ickiness of it.

> I think 99% of WhatsApp users would gladly stop using WhatsApp and switch to something like Signal, if they had verbal agreements of "everyone else" that they would also switch.

Most users do not care. If you told them other users agreed to switch platforms, they’d be annoyed about having to learn a new app when they already had one that was set up and they knew how to use.

HN is part of a small bubble that doesn’t understand product management for common people. Average users do not care. They just want a product that works.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by probablypower »

The penultimate final frontier, adverts directly in front of your eyeballs 24/7, and tracking not just your position but your attention.

Only step beyond this is neural implants putting purchasing decisions directly into your grey matter.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by rkomorn »

probablypower wrote: post #734

The penultimate final frontier, adverts directly in front of your eyeballs 24/7, and tracking not just your position but your attention. Only step beyond this is neural implants putting purchasing decisions directly into your grey matter.

Maybe the next step of the business plan is to sell blue (or green) screen shirts to individuals on which AR glasses can display targeted advertising that only you see (eg: everyone you see in those shirts is wearing Nike gear, but everyone I see is wearing Ralph Lauren because I am fancy).

Then everyone whose shirt is used to display ads can get revenue-share.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by Aurornis »

input_sh wrote: post #466
crossroadsguy wrote: post #301

Earlier quoted context omitted.

WhatsApp. Instagram not really. WhatsApp has unfortunately become "official" (not in a figure of speech) mode of communication in certain countries, one of which has more than a billion people in it.

Instagram as well absolutely. There's all sorts of "small business owners" whose entire existence is conducted via an Instagram account and DMs, the same way there were entire businesses that operated via Facebook pages in the past.

It’s interesting to see how out of the loop many HN commenters are on social media. Any teenager or even occasional social media using adult could confirm that Instagram is a hotbed for business operations and marketing for many business. I barely use it myself but this is plainly obvious.

The number of overly confident yet entirely incorrect comments about how other people use WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook from people who obviously aren’t familiar with this platforms is interesting.

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Post by dennis_jeeves2 »

SchemaLoad wrote: post #116

>Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses are designed to help you look up and stay present. With a quick glance at the in-lens display, you can accomplish everyday tasks—like checking messages, previewing photos, and collaborating with visual Meta AI prompts Can you imagine trying to talk to someone face to face, but they are giving you a blank stare as random notifications and tiktok videos are being beamed inbetween their eye…

>Meta seems like one of the few large tech companies where if the whole company vanished, the world would be purely a better place.

In the 'developed' world I'd extend that concept to many other other organizations. Around 90% of the work they do is useless or harmful: banks, govt, fast food chains etc.

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Post by wpm »

aembleton wrote: post #643
jackbrookes wrote: post #630

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This reads a bit like like a pre-PC take: "Why use a computer when a cookbook works fine?" Imagine it’s 1992: Cookbook: Open book, follow steps. PC: Turn on tower, wait for DOS, fiddle with floppies, pray the printer works, hope the shareware recipe isn’t weird. Not saying you're wrong but its easy to miss the big picture

> "Why use a computer when a cookbook works fine?" I still feel that way. I have cookbooks because I find the UX better than searching for recipes.

So I can read the 20,000 story about how the author was told this recipe by their brothers husbands step-grandmother while vacationing at the lake house with their golden retriever named Max before I can get to the recipe.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by ToucanLoucan »

dennis_jeeves2 wrote: post #737
SchemaLoad wrote: post #116

>Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses are designed to help you look up and stay present. With a quick glance at the in-lens display, you can accomplish everyday tasks—like checking messages, previewing photos, and collaborating with visual Meta AI prompts Can you imagine trying to talk to someone face to face, but they are giving you a blank stare as random notifications and tiktok videos are being beamed inbetween their eye…

>Meta seems like one of the few large tech companies where if the whole company vanished, the world would be purely a better place. In the 'developed' world I'd extend that concept to many other other organizations. Around 90% of the work they do is useless or harmful: banks, govt, fast food chains etc.

Mmm you're making me want to read Bullshit Jobs again.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by lupusreal »

strogonoff wrote: post #573
solid_fuel wrote: post #309

Meta locked two games I already paid for - Blade & Sorcery VR and Beat Saber - behind account verification on the Quest 2. I already bought both of these, played them for a while, but now it won't let me use the headset without "verifying" my facebook account by sending them a photograph of my drivers license. Neither of these games are online, neither allow me to interact with other users in any way. I will never bu…

Microsoft pulled the account verification trick with Minecraft after forced account migration a few years back, locking accounts and forcing customers to verify mobile phone number to even launch the game.

That was a real scumbag move. Thankfully its easy AF to "pirate" Minecraft by simply commenting out account verification in a 3rd party launcher. But I will never forgive Microsoft for stealing my account with that dirty trick.
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