The new headphones might help you decide what to make for dinner.
      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        7·
        6 days ago

        States as in US? Because if that’s the case, this won’t be illegal in any way shape or form.

        I don’t understand why people think there is some law out there that supersedes the first amendment which unambiguously protects video recording in anything other than a bathroom, changing room, or the like.

        Even in private property doesn’t have a law stating you can’t record, it’s just that you are likely to be trespassed if you break a private establishments no recording policy.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          And the footage itself doesn’t even become illegal even when the trespass was in fact illegal, I heard - can’t require deletion I think? (Of course the property owner or their associates might be bigger than you!)

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      that is going to be outside anyones control.

      Apple could theoretically lock it down [for a period of time] but darn—you made me realize the clones will have real cameras and look 1:1 before long

      …lol “Siri, verify nearby AirPods” (…then the bad guy keeps a real pair activated nearby? and it’s back to creepy)

      -

      This may be a first of its kind hardware issue for Apple, unless I’m forgetting something

    • 404found@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      They probably are designed for low resolution because Apple couldn’t mass produce better cameras affordably. Plus there is other hardware they don’t have space for.

      This will most likely follow the iPhone camera business model where new model AirPods will keep getting upgraded cameras.

    • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      7 days ago

      This AI push is stagnating innovation.

      I think it’s the other way around, corporate consolidation (including capturing our governments and getting all research funding) killed innovation a while ago and now AI is just the latest non-idea that is being used to cover up that none of the corporations have any new ideas. Even Apple’s latest good idea, ARM laptops, was basically done by cheap Linux nettops a decade ago.

      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        14·
        7 days ago

        Also, ARM laptops were Steve Jobs’ last big idea. He put in place Apple’s last 10 year plan before he died. The first M series laptop came out nine years after his death.

        The reason being that Apple is actually considered to be one of the founding members of ARM so they have unique access to the core. Moving to ARM was always the plan after moving to Intel. Apple was the first company to produce a portable ARM device, the Newton back in the early 90s before Jobs’ return.

        So even that innovation isn’t exactly new.

  • Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zipEnglish
    32·
    6 days ago

    Fuck right off, dipshits.

    What really sucks about this is that there’s a version of us in the infinite multiverses where these companies and politicians develop and maintain trust so that we can actually benefit from some of these innovations without just feeling paranoid and taken advantage of, but instead, in their hubris, they make us hate them and their tech.

    • blargh513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      6 days ago

      This is the truth. I got a free Oura ring and I would love to try it, but they’re in bed with palantir. Fuck that.

      So many interesting developments, but I’m unwilling to sell my soul to the devil to try them. What a dream it would be to use them without worrying that they’re going to sell every possible bit of data about me to the lowest bidder.

      • badgermurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        If its any consolation, nearly all new tech gadgets are shit anymore, still more are neat for a bit then slowly turn to shit in time, and others get abandoned and become theater props.

        If you fear you’re missing out, I assure you that is merely a perception, and you’d be disappointed if you tried most of that stuff. In my experience, any new tech in the past 10+ years that looked interesting ended up looking less interesting the more I learned about it, to the point I was actively disinterested before I was even done with my research on it.

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    24·
    7 days ago

    Oh, brilliant! This is exactly what I wanted and directly solves so many problems and frustrations I have with the status quo! Thank goodness for such innovation! I feel seen!

    Edit: oops, that should say “I hope everyone involved in bringing this product to market gets given an STI by a hippopotamus”. Silly autocorrect.

  • WesternInfidels@feddit.onlineEnglish
    32·
    7 days ago

    …users can query Siri about, like asking the AI assistant what they should cook with the ingredients they have in front of them … may also use the cameras to help with things like turn-by-turn directions.

    Those are some pretty underwhelming use-cases. I can’t see the world beating a path to anyone’s door for that. Even if you were so excited about these features that you were willing to overlook the privacy concerns, it seems like the phone you’ve already got would probably be just fine as a conduit for such services.

      • vagrancyand@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        Done. I held up my GPS-enabled smart phone I paid $50 for 10 years ago to my eye line, better yet I was able to get a real-time preview of the angle of the picture to ensure everything’s in shot.

    • Airfried@piefed.socialEnglish
      7·
      7 days ago

      And if we’re not ignoring the privacy concerns these use cases are definitely not worth putting everyone in front of you under this form of surveillance for a US tech giant and ultimately the US government. The price for society to pay is way too high.

    • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      If your phone is too much of a pain to get out of your pocket, surely a watch or bracelet is a better form factor for this.

    • General_Effort@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      31·
      7 days ago

      Yeah. But mind that the bulk price of mediocre cameras is insignificant next to the sales price of AirPods.

      I think the idea is that people can walk around and chat with their AI companion, and it sees what they see. No need for any fussing about with hardware. That’s exactly Apple’s thing. Effortless technology for people who don’t want to deal with the mechanics of technology.

  • 404found@lemmy.zipEnglish
    17·
    6 days ago

    I can literally throw a rock outside and hit someone in the head wearing some type of headphones. There are tons of options out there.

    AirPods aren’t impressive and Apple isn’t focused on exciting their customers like they were a decade ago. My old Apple Watch died recently and I replaced it with another brand. Be loyal to Apple the same way they are loyal to you.