▲ 253 ▼ After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap's stock takes a dive (techcrunch.com) submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de -19 points 4 months ago (6 children) Hates? No. Not even near. Just cannot afford. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) No, people still like a lot of things that they can't afford. People hate these things because they are a privacy nightmare with minimal practical application. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 4 months ago People do not hate glasses. All that hatred exists only in small hysteria bubble. Put a $100 price on them and in a few days half of people would use them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) In this case it's both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Not true, lot's of people can easily afford these. And a shitload of people can if they really want them. The rest can pay over multiple years, in easy to afford monthly payments. /s Meaning the people that can't really afford them, can buy them anyway and pay twice the price with interest. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Would you daily wear them if they were giving this for free at an event? People is paying this kind of money to do an operation to remove glasses, then they introduce the "master of glasses", that weigh like 20 glasses permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago Depends on the software part. If there will be freedom of compiling\installing arbitrary software then yes. I'm sure in this case it would be full of very interesting things in no time. But if it would be "fenced" like META does with their VR headsets, then those glasses would be almost useless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) No, people still like a lot of things that they can't afford. People hate these things because they are a privacy nightmare with minimal practical application. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 4 months ago People do not hate glasses. All that hatred exists only in small hysteria bubble. Put a $100 price on them and in a few days half of people would use them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 4 months ago People do not hate glasses. All that hatred exists only in small hysteria bubble. Put a $100 price on them and in a few days half of people would use them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) In this case it's both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Not true, lot's of people can easily afford these. And a shitload of people can if they really want them. The rest can pay over multiple years, in easy to afford monthly payments. /s Meaning the people that can't really afford them, can buy them anyway and pay twice the price with interest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Not true, lot's of people can easily afford these. And a shitload of people can if they really want them. The rest can pay over multiple years, in easy to afford monthly payments. /s Meaning the people that can't really afford them, can buy them anyway and pay twice the price with interest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Would you daily wear them if they were giving this for free at an event? People is paying this kind of money to do an operation to remove glasses, then they introduce the "master of glasses", that weigh like 20 glasses permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago Depends on the software part. If there will be freedom of compiling\installing arbitrary software then yes. I'm sure in this case it would be full of very interesting things in no time. But if it would be "fenced" like META does with their VR headsets, then those glasses would be almost useless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago Depends on the software part. If there will be freedom of compiling\installing arbitrary software then yes. I'm sure in this case it would be full of very interesting things in no time. But if it would be "fenced" like META does with their VR headsets, then those glasses would be almost useless. permalink fedilink source parent