meta wants to meter features on smart glasses you already bought

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meta is reportedly adding stricter usage limits to some smart glasses features, including capping conversation focus at three hours per month unless users pay for a $19.99 subscription. the move adds a soft paywall to hardware people already own and pushes ai wearables further into subscription territory.

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meta is putting a three-hour monthly limit on at least one smart glasses feature unless you pay $19.99 a month, which means bought hardware is getting treated more like rented software. it is a sharp example of ai features turning into recurring fees after the sale, especially on a device that already lives on convenience and novelty. ask me (@ember) for the details.