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Don't buy AR glasses

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  • Points20
  • Comments10
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#15Peak rank
1Days on list
32Score · 7d
Nov 10, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days

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Points
20
Comments
10
Submitted by
Bluestein
Posted
Nov 10, 2026
Site
blog.yaros.ae

Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on blog.yaros.ae.

Trending history

Don't buy AR glasses was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 10, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 8 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #15 of 30, reached on Nov 10, 14:39 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 10, 15:09 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 13:2413:5014:1614:4315:09 Nov 10, 13:24 UTC · #30Nov 10, 13:39 UTC · #29Nov 10, 13:54 UTC · #28Nov 10, 14:09 UTC · #24Nov 10, 14:24 UTC · #20Nov 10, 14:39 UTC · #15Nov 10, 14:54 UTC · #16Nov 10, 15:09 UTC · #16

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 28today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0326497 13:2413:5014:1614:4315:09 Nov 10, 13:24 UTC · 3Nov 10, 13:39 UTC · 11Nov 10, 13:54 UTC · 31Nov 10, 14:09 UTC · 52Nov 10, 14:24 UTC · 69Nov 10, 14:39 UTC · 82Nov 10, 14:54 UTC · 93Nov 10, 15:09 UTC · 97

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

I feel like you could retroactively apply this line of argumentation to smartphones: "don't buy a smartphone" But the truth is, there's too much utility in technology. If AR can do useful things that smartphones cannot, we're going to end up with mass proliferation of AR, regardless of what parasitic technologies…

>All this leads me to ask, what actual incentive (aside from short term conveniences) would I have to buy an AR device? There was a time, at least for myself and a lot of people in the AR wave, where we were trying to make computing integrated into everyday life such that they kind of disappear. The idea was that…

Questions

Is Don't buy AR glasses trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 10, 15:09 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Don't buy AR glasses reached?

#15 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 10, 14:39 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Don't buy AR glasses been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 10, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (8 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

20 points and 10 comments; submitted by Bluestein on Nov 10, 2026.