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[-] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

what does that even mean? the whole point of the tech industry is for tech-literate people to work to provide products and services to the broadly tech-illiterate public. the goal of a tech product is to be used with as little tech-literacy as possible. why would you assume that someone is highly tech-literate just because they use the product of a tech company?

[-] joe@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

I consider the meta glasses new enough that it's an early-adoption product. Early adopters are usually not tech illiterate. Does that make sense?

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 7 points 18 hours ago

I get the concept you are after, but also pretty widely disagree. Early adopters are either researched people that knows what it is and really want it... or they are really rich people that drop lots of money at the drop of a hat at anything that sounds shiny. As someone who used to do IT work for medical practices, I have to say, doctors more often are the latter. I got lots of really cool stuff that I could never afford from helping doctors with their personal stuff and them going "I bought this but realize I don't know how to use it, and it's too much work, do you want it".

[-] joe@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

That's a fair point. I'm convinced the Venn diagram overlaps more than I originally assumed.

[-] Glitchvid@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Bro even Macy's sells these things in store. They're a mass market product.

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