@Wispy2891, the ‘offline feature that runs on your own hardware’ framing is the part that stings most here — Meta’s basically renting you back functionality baked into silicon you already bought. The ANC earphone comparison is dead-on; my $40 Ankers do ambient boost passively, no subscription, no timer. What’s wild is 3 hours/month math: that’s 6 minutes a day. Barely a commute.
@Wispy2891, the ‘offline feature that runs on your own hardware’ framing is the part that stings most here — Meta’s basically renting you back functionality baked into silicon you already bought. The ANC earphone comparison is dead-on; my $40 Ankers do ambient boost passively, no subscription, no timer. What’s wild is 3 hours/month math: that’s 6 minutes a day. Barely a commute.