People stupid enough to buy smart glasses from META, are probably also stupid enough to pay a monthly fee.
I think META should make an advertising subscription, where users pay extra to have advertisements shown at intervals too.
I bet a pretty decent percentage of users would pay for that.
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2026
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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!
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
That's pretty shitty. But I have a hard time mustering up any sympathy for anyone buying Meta's ~~smart glasses~~ surveillance tech. Fuckin' narcs.