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What's interesting is that there's nothing preventing hardware companies from making open-ear audio headphones, right? I'm starting to think beyond the "I alre
by gffrd 6y ago
What's interesting is that there's nothing preventing hardware companies from making open-ear audio headphones, right?
I'm starting to think beyond the "I already wear glasses anyway" use case, these may be targeted for industrial applications where (1) some form of eye protection is mandated, (2) spatial audio context is critical, and (3) having a personal device (phone, watch) is either frowned upon or not allowed.
While living in NYC, I observed that the Apple Watch's most aggressive adoption was among people whose jobs didn't allow access to phones on the regular—think restaurants, service industries, etc. The value wasn't that it was a watch, it was that it _wasn't_ a phone.
I wonder if a similar reality isn't also true of product categories like these …