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Smart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

We already had a word for them: "shill."

"Vapid greedhead" would also work.

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

yeah, but now we have a new word for it, and it's "influencer".

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