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AKA "The worst product I've ever reviewed" according to Marques Brownlee. People need to stop falling for the hype-bullshit-industrial complex. Manufactured at
by causi 2y ago
AKA "The worst product I've ever reviewed" according to Marques Brownlee.
People need to stop falling for the hype-bullshit-industrial complex. Manufactured attention is the only reason a publisher would give positive attention to a device that replicates the functionality of a bluetooth earbud at a cost of $700 plus $25 a month.
- browningstreet 2y ago> hype-bullshit-industrial complex I didn't get the feeling that anyone was falling for Humane's modest hype. The coverage has generally been pretty skeptical. No one seemed to believe that Humane made a quantum leap over Alexa & Siri, which both suck. EDITING since downvoters who didn't read the article may not know that "*(Investors in Humane include TIME co-chairs and owners Marc and Lynne Benioff)", hence, this hype was pretty fake
- causi 2y agoSubmitting its reception of Time's "best invention of the year" to HN is an example of someone falling for it.
- nashashmi 2y agoJohn Gruber is remarking on the irony of best invention of the year before it was released, yet turning out to be the worst product ever after it was released. Time magazine owners are investors in the device.
- jjtheblunt 2y agoDid you read the linked submission? It points out the curiosity that investors in Humane are influential in Time's decision of what to call a Best Invention of 2023.
- mikestew 2y agoI submitted it. If you think I "<fell> for it", I am left with no choice but to question your comprehension of TFA. To be clear: I think Time's awarding of this honor has already aged like a fine dog turd in summer sun. The reason it was submitted was because Gruber does a better job at snark than I do.
- moralestapia 2y agoI saw that video (as everyone did) and I'm on the camp that Humane did not deserve that. I would never get a (v1) Humane pin but, all things considered, is a somewhat decent product that had to go through it's mandatory share of R&D, product design, manufacturing, etc... One thing is to provide a review like "you know these are the current limitations of the thing, etc..." another one is to just bash it like a spoiled child. Marques has spoken much more favorably of much worse performing products. Anyway if you want the moralestapia's review of Humane, I think it opened up a new category of products and it's pretty decent for a first release. It doesn't give me any benefit over a regular smartphone right now, but I can definitely see hundreds of millions of these devices being worn by people (and dogs and whatnot) in the next decade (maybe not from Humane, who knows). I also really like the idea of "Ambient Computing", they did not create it but they embraced it, and that is quite nice.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoMKB's review may be beneficial for them in the end by establishing a low baseline. In comparison to the MKB review of V1, V2 and V3 reviews may be glowing and help sell product.
- coffeebeqn 2y agoIf they survive this. I’m sure they had an absurd amount of investment to blow through over the next decade like Magic Leap
- JohnFen 2y ago> I can definitely see hundreds of millions of these devices being worn by people (and dogs and whatnot) in the next decade Good lord, so many people I'd have to avoid being around. I really hate this future we're building.
- coffeebeqn 2y agoWhat - you don’t want big tech (and their intelligence partners) tracking your every move with facial recognition from 4k “AI” cameras on every lapel?