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> The Meta Ray-Bans have been extremely successful for a completely new consumer device form factor.

Do you have any sources on them being a successful product by any measurable standard? I honestly wasn't aware that they were even being sold, and I'm sure I don't know anyone that owns a pair. I'm not exactly their target market, but I think at least some in my social circle are.

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over 2mil sold since oct 2023.

.... thats nothing. Id hardly call that a success when you consider Meta's resources for marketing.

Google is also finding that blasting YT with ads of Google Pixel does not work very well.

To be honest the best adverstisement for the Google Pixel series is GrapheneOS :-).

2 million hardware devices sold is not nothing, that is a pretty significant amount of hardware to ship.

When you have a 1+ billion of users to market to, practically for free, it is actually a tiny number.

My friend in England has a pair. They’re selling extremely well

My mate Paul says they're not.

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