Meta also has 50k engineers. Not to mention that tons of meta infrastructure - including ads! - use AI. Would you want that sort of business be this dependent on someone else?

Nah, keep it up. I just come to the reviews for the pelican!

I think the pelican thing is a bit tired at this point, however I find Simon's comments to be high quality.

Same.

清冲 is "Qing chong", pronounced "Ching Chong". It's not a real word, it's just racist.

same here

You actually need a paid account, even for local installs, if you use certain tech, like NFC

Meta glasses are a direct result of this investment, and they're selling like hotcakes

Smart glasses are about a 15 million unit per year business. Smart watches are about 150 million units per year. Meta owns about half the smart glasses business, but it hasn't provided them a platform they can control that has enough penetration to make a difference.

But wait it gets worse: since Meta hasn't got a platform comparable to a mainstream PC or mobile device OS, the Meta glasses business is vulnerable and subscale, as impressive as owning half the TAM is. Since Meta glasses aren't a companion to an existing platform (not even AndroidAR, even though they run Android) they will become a second tier choice as soon as Apple or Samsung ship a smart glasses product.

Great, let's keep expanding privacy-destroying products and hyper-surveillance in the name of corporate profits!

That's exactly what Zuckerberg said a year ago or so :/

Say more?

Those glasses don't record by themselves. Somebody pressed the button and deliberately recorded it.