I got fed up after the battery died on my 4th pair of AirPods, and the 20+ year old Shure IEMs I have, still work good as the day I bought them.

I have 4 pairs of AirPods on my nightstand where only one ear works, and the other ear gets maybe minutes of usable time, or is crackly and awful sounding. To be fair, one pair went through the wash. But even then, I’d rather wash a pair of 25 dollar wired headphones, than another 250 dollar pair of AirPod pros.

No worries, we’re all friends here. Carry on yourself :)

Which is why I said I completely agree. Just adding some context…

Completely agree, but because another bad thing exists, it’s no reason not to care about this bad thing.

These are also separate (but obviously related) issues. The flock and other surveillance cameras are about control and, well surveillance. These meta glasses are about personal interactions and predatory behavior of creepy people. They are also markedly different than cameras in phones, since they are much more obvious that they are recording.

They both need to go.

I don’t know, more and more of those teams these days are being headed up by the same folks. Most on the ground, in the weeds know what not to do but the ivory tower keeps building more and more floors without ever updating the foundation.