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No one is going to force him to buy one. Especially if it makes him feel isolated.

And one nitpick, a device with a 2 hour battery life (or all day if connected to the mains) is clearly not for all-day use. At least not the v1 product they presented today.

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>No one is going to force him to buy one.

Smartphones didn't exist 20 years ago, now you're forced to use one to participate in society.

You’re also forced to use the internet for many everyday tasks and that wasn’t the case 30 years ago.

Also credit cards are almost mandatory now with so many places going cashless.

I do think we need to stop and think as a society but is a corporation to blame? Or a pair of fancy eyewear?

Society evolves and changes, it’s been the way since early civilisation.

Agreed. However, I think the author fears that, just like smartphones, some will become socially pressured into getting one and it will cause them harm. So they're issuing a kind of public warning.

Or, just like smartphones, we're going to have to put up with people around us using them inappropriately in public.

Are you implying that voicing concerns about the potential societal implications of technology is no longer valid or justifiable?

No one is preventing him from voicing his concerns. I do object to "ensure that every time we someone with that ugly Apple ski mask strapped to their faces we let them know how ridiculous it is" - that bit sounds like he wants to harass anyone who doesn't share HIS concerns.

Not that it’s the same, but I remember people reacting this way to smartphones in public places. We seemingly consider the same behavior people raged about in the past as perfectly normal today.

I’m wondering if the battery pack is hot swappable. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t.

Knowing Apple I would only be slightly surprised if there was some DRM chip which would lock a specific battery pack to the headset (and the other way around).

It’s a MagSafe cable, doesn’t that already pretty much do that?

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