charlesn

Here's the latest of what Meta is up to with its RayBan glasses--and honestly, WHO could be surprised:

"Meta recently sent an email to Ray-Ban Meta users that said, in part, "Meta AI with camera use is always enabled on your glasses unless you turn off ‘Hey Meta,'” and “the option to disable voice recordings storage is no longer available.” Basically, Meta is vowing to look at what I'm looking at and store whatever I say, so you could argue there are some pretty big privacy concerns."

NOBODY I know wants cameras and microphones pointed at them by some idiot wearing what should properly be called "Incel Glasses." In terms of social interaction, they are anything but "smart," and the original "glasshole" name applied to wearers of Google Glass that debuted a dozen years ago still very much applies. I cannot imagine Apple getting into such a socially repulsive business. 

I would LOVE to stop using Alexa voice control for smart home devices, but it's ubiquitous while support for Siri remains very poor. If Apple does release a HomeOS, I hope it does a MUCH better job of getting smart home device manufacturers on board to support it. Lacking that improved support, I'm not sure what the point of this exercise would be. 

"Meta already has a hit with its RayBan smart glasses..."

And Meta recently posted yet another in an endless streak of $1-1.5 billion dollar losses per quarter for Reality Labs. So much winning! Also: how much of an idiot do you have to be to allow Meta--the worst abuser of consumer privacy and data, bar none--to have camera and mic access into your life? 

Google search has sucked out loud ever since they started prioritizing serving up ads instead of useful information in response to queries. That Google still finds it worthwhile to pay Apple $20 billion a year to be the default search engine is a testament to how lazy (or uninformed?) people must be not to switch to a different engine, or to AI/ChatGPT for their searches. So while this Google deal, on the face of it, should no longer be worth $20 billion right now, you can't underestimate the willingness of people to stick with a "default," even when it's bad. Yes, Google search now lists the Gemini answer first, with no advertising, but who could believe that Google won't start trying to monetize Gemini answers in some way, sooner than later? 

Xed said:

paisleydisco said:

'declining' meaning those who want one already have it and see no reason to upgrade every year. 

On top of that, I know many people, myself included, that won't upgrade again until the O2 sensor is reactivated.

Just curious: what is important to you about pulse oximetry? Do you have a medical condition that makes monitoring of your blood oxygen level essential? (And honestly, if that's the case, you should be using a pulse oximeter from Masimo or other hospital grade medical device company.) I have an Ultra 1 with pulse ox and almost never check it. Don't really have a reason to check. There was a moment during Covid when a lower than normal blood ox level could be an early indicator of severe respiratory distress, so monitoring my blood ox had a real purpose. And for that reason, I went out and bought a Masimo because readings through a watch just aren't as accurate or reliable.  

Interesting news about Masimo today: they sold off that high-end audio company that ex-CEO Kiana bought for $1 billion in 2022 and they only got $330 million for it just three years later. Kiani was also the guy who went to war against Apple in court at enormous cost for no payoff. I keep hoping that Masimo's new sane management and Apple can settle their differences and get pulse ox activated again on Apple Watches in the U.S.