[maxehmookau]

I agree and it bugs me too.

Sometimes I just want to enjoy a thing with other people enjoying a thing without any expectation that it might end up as "content" to be monetized by the algorithm.

I don't look forward to mass adoption of things like Meta glasses, where even the mundane examples of _going outside_ are all content opportunities waiting to happen.

[Forgeties79]

>I don't look forward to mass adoption of things like Meta glasses, where even the mundane examples of _going outside_ are all content opportunities waiting to happen.

My first experience akin to this happened when I was at the grocery store during Covid. This guy stood near the checkout lines and just did a big arc with his phone filming all of us and mocking masks. Like the author of the blog sometimes I’m just like “it’s not worth it” but I had one of my kids with me and when I asked the guy to stop, he started ranting at me about how he uses an app that blurs faces, it’s a free country, etc. I just moved on but it’s like… dude, we’re all just trying to get through the day out here and I’m with my kid at the grocery store. Do I really need to be putting up with this crap?

I imagine if people actually start wearing any of these smart glasses in any appreciable number these experiences will be sadly pretty typical.

[maxehmookau]

Yeah, because he's right, it is a free country. He shouldn't be arrested, or thrown in prison for it.

But I'm also free to apply societal pressure to behave like a grown-up.

[mapontosevenths]

> societal pressure to behave like a grown-up.

I think this is the key.

It might be legal, but it's not polite. It's a bit like blasting crappy music from your phone on the bus without headphones. Grown ups should know better.

[maxehmookau]

> It might be legal, but it's not polite.

Too many folks forget this.

Do what you want, but I'll tell you if I don't like it. Others might too.

They're not infringing on your rights, but it might make you a little uncomfortable.

[Forgeties79]

People like the guy I encountered are basically allergic to discomfort of any kind. Even the slightest inconvenience in their lives is seen as an incredibly personal and intolerable affront to their liberty, and they want to make damn sure we all know about it at every possible opportunity! Hence the behavior.

If I were to compare it to a client relationship, it’s the kind of person who throws the contract in a partner’s/client’s/vendor’s face anytime there is a minor disagreement or discussion about details. Reasonable people know you only start pointing to the contract when things escalate to a certain point as it locks everybody into a defensive posture and now everybody is going to be rigid moving forward.

[maxehmookau]

> Reasonable people know you only start pointing to the contract when things escalate to a certain point as it locks everybody into a defensive posture and now everybody is going to be rigid moving forward.

First, and arguably most important, thing in learned in tech & business. Once the contracts come out, it's game over.