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Bought my first pair of Meta glasses in Oct 2023 and overall I really enjoying using smart glasses! They are great for quickly/easily capturing life experience

Bought my first pair of Meta glasses in Oct 2023 and overall I really enjoying using smart glasses! They are great for quickly/easily capturing life experiences. Also, while traveling or wherever asking and getting information on things your looking at - it's cool & useful. Tho Meta makes trash as my 1st pair died after 14 months of use after a software update and then my 2nd pair only lasted 4 months after some water splashes. I called Ray Ban for tech support and the lady on the phone agreed they are trash per how many calls she gets. I don't care to take pics of strangers tho lots of people who havent adopted them are concerned about such. Overall no more Meta glasses for me Im waiting for Apple's. They have tons of stores to get your glasses fixed and they don't manufacture trash that breaks! Also, maybe Apple will add a privacy feature so your pics and vids anonymize faces not in your personal network.

cole-k 8mo ago
Are you making a counterpoint to the author's premise that smart glasses are an "intolerable intrusion?" I'm having trouble understanding the purpose of your comment since it seems like you're just saying the ray ban glasses are bad for a different reason.
- paul7986 8mo ago
  I love smart glasses they are very useful for people who wear sunglasses and use their phone to take pics & videos. Of course with all new technology people fight against it. When I wore them on rollercoasters at Cedar Point in 2024 ride attendees said take those off and store them in a locker at the front entrance of the park (that kid / ride attendant hated them). Yet as Feb 2026 Six flags now allows smart glasses to be worn thru all its parks and 7 million have been sold. Overall I am detailing why they are useful, why I think they will be widely adopted and like many technologies before it those who are against them will adopt them too(its a counter argument here). Sure some creeps will use them and with that in mind Apple has the possible ability to solve that privacy issue as they are a privacy company (all pics and vids taken thru APple glasses faces not in your network are randomize/anonymized).
  - paul7986 8mo ago
    Also noting my disdain for Meta glasses due to their lack of quality and solid customer service Apple will provide.
  - fuzzylightbulb 8mo ago
    > Sure some creeps will use them and with that in mind Apple has the possible ability to solve that privacy issue as they are a privacy company (all pics and vids taken thru APple glasses faces not in your network are randomize/anonymized). This is it's own distopian nightmare. No one exists in the world but those you've asserted you've met. What if you meet someone who was in the background of a picture from childhood? Can you never take your pictures from apple?
    - paul7986 8mo ago
      If you have an iPhone open the camera app and look under "People & Pets," to see that Apple already has those in your network and their pic matched up. As well if you are taking pic or video of people and they are smiling for the camera that's an indication your more likely with them then not.
  - Insanity 8mo ago
    Your proposed solution is in itself a privacy nightmare. Imagine Apple having to know your entire network of non-apple users just to not mess up your videos with friends.
    - paul7986 8mo ago
      Apple already knows those in your network and has for years. If you have an iPhone open the camera app and look under "People & Pets."
      - 1659447091 8mo ago
        You have to specifically identify and name the people in the photos, otherwise all it knows is that it's a person and throws it into that folder. And if you don't use icloud none of it leaves your device. It does the photo processing locally on the phone. It only knows what you tell it. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/108795 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/108795 https://applemagazine.com/find-people-and-pets-in-photos/ https://applemagazine.com/find-people-and-pets-in-photos/
arjie 8mo ago
Do you have children? I frequently want to record things my daughter does but I find that my phone is not close at hand. I am curious if the latency to record is low-enough and I don't want to distract my daughter while she's doing whatever she's doing. I just want to capture the moment for later without interrupting the moment. They advertise it as this but I am curious what it's like in actuality.
- paul7986 8mo ago
  They are great just for that and many instances you want to quickly take a pic and not interupt a moment.
- stbtrax 8mo ago
  I use it all the time for this use case. It's great because your hands are free and you can remain an active participant in play/safety/feeding. I find I capture more moments that I'm more actively involved in vs passively holding the phone and framing the shot.
  - arjie 8mo ago
    Thank you and the other responder. I'm going to try to go get one.
  - red_admiral 8mo ago
    But would you be worried that the some other guy at the play park is also recording your children?
    - deleted 8mo ago
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- com2kid 8mo ago
  This is the best use case for them IMHO. So many wonderful shots taken in the moment, and I don't have to see the world through a phone screen for fear of missing a cute picture. Quality is iffy and framing is hard, but I'd rather have a OK photo taken while playing than a great photo taken while standing apart from the action trying to get the perfect shot lined up.

cole-k 8mo ago

Are you making a counterpoint to the author's premise that smart glasses are an "intolerable intrusion?" I'm having trouble understanding the purpose of your comment since it seems like you're just saying the ray ban glasses are bad for a different reason.

paul7986 8mo ago
I love smart glasses they are very useful for people who wear sunglasses and use their phone to take pics & videos. Of course with all new technology people fight against it. When I wore them on rollercoasters at Cedar Point in 2024 ride attendees said take those off and store them in a locker at the front entrance of the park (that kid / ride attendant hated them). Yet as Feb 2026 Six flags now allows smart glasses to be worn thru all its parks and 7 million have been sold. Overall I am detailing why they are useful, why I think they will be widely adopted and like many technologies before it those who are against them will adopt them too(its a counter argument here). Sure some creeps will use them and with that in mind Apple has the possible ability to solve that privacy issue as they are a privacy company (all pics and vids taken thru APple glasses faces not in your network are randomize/anonymized).
- paul7986 8mo ago
  Also noting my disdain for Meta glasses due to their lack of quality and solid customer service Apple will provide.
- fuzzylightbulb 8mo ago
  > Sure some creeps will use them and with that in mind Apple has the possible ability to solve that privacy issue as they are a privacy company (all pics and vids taken thru APple glasses faces not in your network are randomize/anonymized). This is it's own distopian nightmare. No one exists in the world but those you've asserted you've met. What if you meet someone who was in the background of a picture from childhood? Can you never take your pictures from apple?
  - paul7986 8mo ago
    If you have an iPhone open the camera app and look under "People & Pets," to see that Apple already has those in your network and their pic matched up. As well if you are taking pic or video of people and they are smiling for the camera that's an indication your more likely with them then not.
- Insanity 8mo ago
  Your proposed solution is in itself a privacy nightmare. Imagine Apple having to know your entire network of non-apple users just to not mess up your videos with friends.
  - paul7986 8mo ago
    Apple already knows those in your network and has for years. If you have an iPhone open the camera app and look under "People & Pets."
    - 1659447091 8mo ago
      You have to specifically identify and name the people in the photos, otherwise all it knows is that it's a person and throws it into that folder. And if you don't use icloud none of it leaves your device. It does the photo processing locally on the phone. It only knows what you tell it. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/108795 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/108795 https://applemagazine.com/find-people-and-pets-in-photos/ https://applemagazine.com/find-people-and-pets-in-photos/

arjie 8mo ago

Do you have children? I frequently want to record things my daughter does but I find that my phone is not close at hand. I am curious if the latency to record is low-enough and I don't want to distract my daughter while she's doing whatever she's doing. I just want to capture the moment for later without interrupting the moment. They advertise it as this but I am curious what it's like in actuality.

paul7986 8mo ago
They are great just for that and many instances you want to quickly take a pic and not interupt a moment.
stbtrax 8mo ago
I use it all the time for this use case. It's great because your hands are free and you can remain an active participant in play/safety/feeding. I find I capture more moments that I'm more actively involved in vs passively holding the phone and framing the shot.
- arjie 8mo ago
  Thank you and the other responder. I'm going to try to go get one.
- red_admiral 8mo ago
  But would you be worried that the some other guy at the play park is also recording your children?
  - deleted 8mo ago
    [deleted]
com2kid 8mo ago
This is the best use case for them IMHO. So many wonderful shots taken in the moment, and I don't have to see the world through a phone screen for fear of missing a cute picture. Quality is iffy and framing is hard, but I'd rather have a OK photo taken while playing than a great photo taken while standing apart from the action trying to get the perfect shot lined up.