I feel for blind and visually impaired users. And I strongly agree that the anger needs to be directed at the companies.
The problem is, these devices are (currently) built by companies that do not deserve our trust; they have proven that time and again. Meta planned to release a "feature" it knew is a massive privacy issue when NGOs and privacy groups were distracted:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/878725/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses-name-tag-privacy-advoates
This is malice. And this is the company that does control that device – through updates.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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