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I know, I was referring to that thread. But you're right, it wouldn't be fair at all to call you an Apple watch hater. I didn't recall your argument there as well as I thought now that I've reread it. The reason I brought it up was because I remembered the part where you talk about how the iWatch is just another device for conformity:

    ...an iWatch or a Moto360 is a mass-produced device with some customization tweaks. It's just another part of the uniform. [...] it does yank any smartwatch out of the realm of "jewelry" and into the realm of "utility" and I'm not sure the utility is there.

My point was that there might be a parallel with Glass: it tries to be both a cool piece of (face-)jewelery and a utility, but isn't convincing at either of those qualities. It wouldn't surprise me if the iWatch fails for the same reasons Glass did.