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[-] ImmersiveMatthew@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

The sales of the glasses have been better than their VR headset which has really made them double down on the glasses as they see big potential. That said, I really think that it is a false hope as I suspect the market that is ok wearing Facebook glasses are small, but loyal.

[-] Smaile@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

yahknow, if it wern't for the fact that i know they're a scummy company, i'd try them.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

just wait patiently for valve to make some

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

... Spoiler for you, but Valve is a shitty company.

Edit: whoosh the fanbois are out there! We don't share the same value if you think it's ok for 10 years old to become gambling addicts because of Valve's practices.

I deleted my Reddit account because it is increasingly becoming an echo chamber cesspool of extreme centrism. I was hoping Lemmy would be somehow better with people more prone to discuss. Ho, well

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

name your top 5 good companies

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago
[-] chasteinsect@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

Maybe just maybe it's because it's not as black or white as you make it seem? Especially talking about a company that did so much for Linux and looking at what their competition is doing....

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago

So it's ok for you to have 10 years old developing a gambling habit and potentially ruining their live, because hey they are pushing Linux in gaming?

[-] chasteinsect@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

I feel like you're straw-manning here.

I never said it's okay. All I'm saying is that a mega-corporation can simultaneously exploit psychological loopholes for profit (loot boxes) while actively pushing open-source ecosystems (Linux), providing great value to consumers and fighting other pc gaming monopolies (Microsoft). Look at the whole picture.

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Do you consider that it is morally acceptable to push thousands of kids into gambling addiction because you are doing more than Microsoft for Linux in the gaming world?

[-] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago

So you're saying that since a company is reprehensible in one area, all their other accomplishments should be judged accordingly?

Makes sense to me.

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Answer the question.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago

Did valve create the gambling games you mention?

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 1 month ago

i can see why you are banned, posting misinformation/disinformation with nothing to back it uo with.

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago

https://youtu.be/v6jhjjVy5Ls

Now I'll wait for you to apologize and and acknowledge you did not have any idea of what you were talking about before commenting. I'll let you throw day, so you can go through the entire series.

[-] Smaile@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it's been like that for years, you act like valve was the masterminded the gambling sites, crazy.

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ho, so because it's been like that, it's ok?

Edit: don't even bother answering, you're a clown.

[-] Smaile@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

How are they shitty. You can't claim their bad without explaining why, I think you just don't like the fact some people actually respect a company rather then hate on them like the rest.

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Already done and don't assume nothing of me.

[-] PokerChips@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

These things should not be protected property. If you assault my privacy, I should be allowed to attack back.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

Most countries it's legal to record in public, as there's no reasonable expectation of privacy. Though these are a bit different than say someone with a phone or camera, as unless you pay close attention the glasses are easy to miss....

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

These glasses cams are small enough to no longer be visible as a camera.

I'm all for freedom to record outside but this is a step too far as this is not me making a video for me, this is Facebook using idiots to record the world 24/7 for them.

I'm fine with humans recording humans, immnot fine with companies recording me

[-] entwine@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

I disagree. Secretly recording someone with a phone is much easier than doing it with one of these. It's the same issue people had with Google Glass back in the day.

I think the reason it feels creepier is because, if you're talking with someone that's wearing them, it feels like they're sticking a camera in your face.

But like I could turn on my phone camera, leave it sticking out of my pocket, and record everyone taking a piss in a public restroom with nobody noticing. If I tried to do that with glasses, I'd have to turn my head towards everyone's cock, one at a time. The neck pain alone makes it not worth the effort.

But to be clear, fuck Meta. These glasses should be banned for many other reasons.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Agree with you for the most part.

Though your example of a public toilet is a bit flawed, since there IS a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Google Glass was waaaaaaaaaay more obvious.

Where the meta ones are a little less so.

Depending on lighting, and distance from the Glasshole, could be really hard to spot the Meta ones.

[-] eleitl@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago
[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago
[-] Kissaki@feddit.org -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm not the original commenter, but in Germany, you can record in public, but can not record individuals specifically. People walking past in the background while you record something else is fine. Recording someone specifically is not.

That's the baseline, at least. Exceptions may apply (public figures, public interest, etc).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights#Germany

A succinct statement of the German law can be found in the following judicial statement from the Marlene Dietrich case: the general right of personality has been recognised in the case law of the German Federal Court of Justice since 1954 as a basic right constitutionally guaranteed by Articles 1 and 2 of the Basic Law and at the same time as an "other right" protected in civil law under § 823 (1) of the BGB (established case law since BGHZ 13, 334, 338—readers' letters). It guarantees as against all the world the protection of human dignity and the right to free development of the personality. Special forms of manifestation of the general right of personality are the right to one's own picture (§§ 22 ff. of the KUG [de]) and the right to one's name (§ 12 of the BGB). They guarantee protection of the personality for the sphere regulated by them.

[-] Zexks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thats not the same as generally recording the public. Or rven pointing your camera at people as you move through a public space.

[-] Zexks@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

You have no assumed privacy in a public space. How long is it going to take people to learn this.

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