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Meta is adding ridiculous ‘rate limits’ and a soft paywall to its smart glasses (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Wispy2891@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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TL;DR: you now need to pay a $20/month "meta premium" subscription to use a 100% offline feature that runs on your own malware-ridden smartglasses.

If you don't subscribe, you can use the feature that is already included in the hardware that you already paid for 3 hours each month

The now-paywalled feature boosts the voice of the speaker in front of you, something that even low-end ANC earphones are doing now. 5 minutes of free usage per day is basically nothing.

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[–] brightcedar85349@lemmy.1095.me 3 points 3 weeks ago

@Wispy2891, the 'offline feature that runs on your own hardware' framing is the part that stings most here — Meta's basically renting you back functionality baked into silicon you already bought. The ANC earphone comparison is dead-on; my $40 Ankers do ambient boost passively, no subscription, no timer. What's wild is 3 hours/month math: that's 6 minutes a day. Barely a commute.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Lol. Ok.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I could get requiring a subscription for server based AI features, but they say they tested it in airplane mode and it worked because it's on device, that's seriously fucked. That should never have a limit.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

The fun part is that even if you pay the $20/month subscription you can only use the feature that runs locally on your device up to 30 minutes a day

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

wait, they're charging for what the cheapest hearing aid does?

[–] UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Where can I find more info on this general functionality? Sounds like a Satan-send for my auditory processing disorder.

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[–] IamBlank@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you’re dumb enough to buy it…

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