theangriestbird@beehaw.org 1 day ago
why are techbros so obsessed with AI-wearables? first the Rabbit, then the Humane pin, now this? We already have phones that listen to us 24/7, why do they think anyone wants another thing to lug around?
“data is the new oil”
most people keep their phones in their pockets, which would ruin audio quality for 24/7 listening, and Apple and Android are able to restrict app permissions as well to prevent it.
VC money doesn’t care about whether normal people actually want a device like this. what they’re really after is “we’re collecting a bunch of user-specific data that no one else has, that we can sell to people who think it’ll help them do better ad targeting (among other things)”
Yeah that adds up. Everything is about naked, cynical capitalism now. I guess my millennial brain is stuck in the era where I thought the point of consumer electronics was to make cool devices that people wanted to buy.
This is the end, my friend
I blame Carl Icahn. Sure, he made a shitton of money, but only by restructuring the entire U.S. economy around quarterly returns – and seemingly quarterly layoffs.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
great explanation