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by mcwhy 1391 days ago
The general public is never going to voluntarily start wearing glasses, no matter the features people do not want to look like a nerd.
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The "looking weird" is an argument that I find really interesting, as it is both completely true, but also extremely volatile.

For instance wearing headphones in public 40 years ago had a strong social opposition, and you would totally look weird with headphone on. This was replayed with bluetooth ear pieces. Those ships have long long sailed.

Same argument was also made for the smart watches. Every time there was a kernel of truth, but as this is only a question of perception, there just needs to be a switch in people's mind and we reach the other side.

AirPods used to be weird. That’s how quickly it changes.

I’m an Apple fanboy and would queue up for a toaster if they released one and I had second thoughts about the AirPods cos of the look but bought them anyway and the utility was such that I wore them anyway and and then they took off.

Apple can move the zeitgeist. Very few brands have that power.

Careful with that statement. General public seems very happy adopting wearables. Much more than anyone would have guessed in the early 2000s.
I say bull on this. The public has been consuming more and more nerd culture compared to 10 years ago.
Everything's a cycle.
Or a trajectroy in case of tech adoption.
One could have said the same thing about mobile phones a couple of decades ago when the first primitive PDAs came out but plenty of people are glued to theirs now, even in public.
Protecting your eyeballs from UV is probably pretty important.