At this point, in my completely layman's opinion, I believe they're a cult. Or at least they meet a lot of the common criteria, even down to isolation/alienation and the threat of rejection/retribution as a result of refusal to participate.
In this point we disagree, and this being the internet, I feel the need to specify that I'm not being combative, nor mean any disrespect toward your preferences or beliefs.
In my opinion, we're at the point where we have other, bigger things to prioritise over creature comforts.
I honestly don't see the fitness tech in itself as useless, it holds clear benefits for us. I'm just not one to encourage creating increasingly wasteful and predatory iterations of said tech.
I think size is the wrong point of comparison, considering this is literally pointless tech. I'm not opposed to wearables, but we're just not at the point where we have small and relevant enough tech to make a ring more advantageous than a fitness band.
Plus we really need to prioritise repairability in all cases, regardless of the tech's application. I'd say we shouldn't even produce something we couldn't then subsequently fix if the need should arise.
Samsung Galaxy Ring, or How To Sell eWaste For 500 Bucks Apiece.
I hope after they digest this for a bit, they spin it around to microplastics in the brain causing wokeness, or something. That way, maybe we'll all start working toward the same goal, even if just incidentally...
I'm mostly getting product ads on YouTube, but they're so poorly planned and low-effort that they annoy the everloving spit out of me... In all regards, streaming services have officially become at least as bad as cable tv used to be...
This is why I never read my emails.