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OpenAI’s wearable hardware will be even better.
I dunno if it’s a pin or belt buckle or earpiece or what, but imagine such a thing with its camera always on, its microphone always recording and ready to talk back, plus whatever other sensors and data streams it has for “awareness.”
Even if they disable video recording on the thing, I think it will become taboo too.
I've heard demos on all of these. Bad connectivity, poor interfaces, prone to overheating, very limited use cases... All these gadgets fucking suck.
Your cellphone ALREADY DOES ALL THIS!
But because it's a portable touchscreen online TV, it's still got a few useful functions attached. None of these other widgets offer anything a cell phone can't do better and cheaper.
I flashed e/os to main and I love it! Automatic blocking of trackers. Clear notices when apps access hardware. Falsified GPS to a plausible location at the flip of a switch. It's still not perfect but it's a big step and very easy to install.
I think Graphene is similar?
I've just had so many random bullshit issues with syncing my phone while using a VPN. I'm very reluctant to go to a new OS entirely. Maybe I can dig out an old phone and experiment. But I haven't even set up a proper Arr suite yet. So I'm not in a rush to add another task to the queue.
Oh that's totally fair! Honestly it's been a really pleasant surprise? I thought I'd have to fight it but even the few Google apps I needed still worked without an issue. I've been gradually sunsetting them one by one and just removed the last one the other day.
I love Organic Maps for nav. The voice is a little clunky but everything is computed offline.
Did you want any help? Tech support is literally my job, lol. I've built an are stack + jellyfin, mailserver and home assistant before for what it's worth.