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Surprise! Meta Says Now You Have to Pay a Monthly Subscription to Use Key Features of Your Already Expensive Smart Glasses (tech.yahoo.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 21 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

While the company insists that owners technically don't have to shell out $20 a month, even premium subscribers will be locked out after using 15 hours of "Conversation Focus," a feature that amplifies the voices of people you're talking to, per month. Without a subscription, owners are restricted to just three hours of the feature a month.

Bwhahhaaha - it's a hearing aid! Just buy a fucking hearing aid!

[–] Eggyhead@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

How else are they going to pay for server upkeep to store everything it hears?

[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 8 points 2 hours ago

It's not even that sophisticated. A hearing aid works by directly stimulating the small bones in the ear. This is just a pair of earbuds with audio passthrough and a volume knob