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I feel like thats because technology is at odds with ethics in the majority of popular fields of tech and corporations care about money, not ethics. I'm definitely not a luddite, but I understand the hate when technology is used to opress instead of bettering human lives
Do people not make a distinction between technology companies and the technology itself? I do. I have a fancy (okay, kind of pointless, but nerdy AF) folding pixel phone but I have GrapheneOS on it, because I don't like giving Google all my data for free. I can find the technology fascinating while distrusting and calling out the technology company.
But it's even more than just what you say. I'm heavily downvoted in this comment section because I dared ask a hypothetical philosophical question? I made it pretty clear it was just a philosophical question, so what's the issue? I get very strong "shut up and hate it with us" vibes. Pretty sad, in my useless opinion.
I think it's getting close to time for another break from social media.
But hey, I appreciate your thoughtful response, truly.
I think many people are able to make a distinction between the technology companies and the technology. However in this particular discussion....how many companies are there actually offering smart glasses as a product to consumers? I'd argue as far as the general public is concerned the answer is only Meta right now. A company with a HORRIBLE reputation in regards to privacy. That makes it more theoretical in separating the idea of what smart glasses could be versus the reality of what they currently are. And right now, to me, smart glasses, particularly Meta's glasses feels like a product with SO many privacy issues that I would question the judgment of anyone who chooses to use that product. Maybe that won't be the case in the future, but unless things drastically change in regards to consumer data privacy standards, I'm going to stick to being very suspicious of them.
Also I'll add— I did not downvote you but to me some of your other replies in this thread come across as almost a little intentionally obtuse.