Smart Glasses Face Privacy Backlash and Subscription Fatigue
By
James Pero
Summary
The article discusses how smart glasses with cameras face backlash over privacy concerns (people being recorded discreetly), but notes that even critics and fans can agree on hating subscription models. It highlights L'Altitude 52°N, a smart glasses company that crowdfunded successfully and is launching its Berlin model of AI specs.
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bskySmart Glasses Face Privacy Backlash and Subscription Fatiguegizmodo.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledVideo and photo capture are easily some of the most divisive aspects of the form factor, if not the most divisive.
However divisive the recording part is, though, there are unifying aspects of smart glasses with cameras—things that fans and critics can hate together.
Take subscriptions, for example.
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