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I hope the glasses break on their face. But:
...Can people not see this is the root problem?
These asswipes make a living being asswipes because Google, Meta, or Tiktok pay them to. Thats the root incentive. Most wouldnt risk all that trouble unless it was their living.
In other words, I dont want the moral of the story to be "this wouldnt happen without Meta glasses." The platform subsidizing those glasses is the ultimate problem.
I see a lot of honest YouTubers who break their backs putting together quality educational hobby content and over time I have followed some as their numbers climb and it turns into more of a full time thing for them.
And then I see these brainrot morons pulling down 1000x the numbers and it’s just crushing. I guess people would rather eat shit than vegetables.
It's not entirely their choice. The algorithm decides what's presented.
I don't understand this argument. Yes the algorithm is pretty bad and pushes a lot of random trash content but YouTube has always offered a way to get away from the algorithm, and even now today they haven't broken it. Just subscribe to the channels you're interested in and don't go on the home page. End of problem
Two problems.
If it weren't for people being creepy weirdos the form factor of a camera really wouldn't matter.
There are plenty of legitimate useful uses for POV video. I suppose this is better form factor than having a GoPro strap to the side of your head.
There's also the root problem of employees having no agency to kick out misbehaving people. There's this whole "the customer is king" ethos in American commerce and this is enabling the worst people to harass people without any consequences. If you are getting kicked out and banned from most stores in your town because you are an abusive asshole, you might think again about your behavior and maybe even change. If everything that is coming from your bad behavior is that some random employee is getting fired, yes, this will enable even worse behaviour.
I've looked into this locally and a number of stores ban filming inside without written corporate permission, some ban smart glasses outright and it seems reasonable to assume smart glasses are filming if worn. Just a path for any retail workers reading to pursue their own workplace ban through management, hr, corporate or other means.
I mean, would a culture change even make a difference? Police were involved here, but they did not care because thats just more video views.
Theres already the risk of getting fired from one’s job, but again; this is their living.