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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 days ago

Meta glasses celebrity backlash: the fans hate them

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Meta glasses celebrity backlash: the fans hate them

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 days ago
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Meta tried buying their AI-powered creep glasses a public image with celebrity sponsorships — but the celebrities’ fans hate them. So do the other celebrities. Engadget spoke to a pile of photograp…

The glasses? Not sexy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTGJ-tuu7s&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260715-meta-glasses-celebrity-backlash-the-fans-hate-them - podcast

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    I can’t decide if it’s fitting or ironic that this group of men who spends collectively one week a year in spaces they don’t either literally own or otherwise totally control has such a hard time understanding concerns the rest of us have about privacy.

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    I’m amazed celebrities are willing to wear these in advertisements. Public backlash has been incredibly loud, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they lose followers, end up on boycott lists, or even have to shutter their private brands.

    Can’t believe their PR teams are letting them do this. It’s like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

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      It’s like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

      Goose was not valued

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      They probably don’t see Social media unfiltred

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