AI Tools & Productivity: Reviews
MARCUS WEBB · REVIEW
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Reality Check: I Own Meta Ray-Bans. Here's What 'Designed for Privacy' Actually Means.
Meta marketed their smart glasses as 'designed for privacy, controlled by you.' Then came the lawsuits, the contractor footage scandal, and the BBC investigation. A Reality Check from someone who bought a pair.
MARCUS WEBB · REVIEW
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What Privacy Actually Costs: Proton's Suite After 90 Days of Professional Use
Proton bundles encrypted mail, VPN, storage and passwords for the price of one competitor's password manager. The maths works. The gap in the encryption promise is the part worth knowing first.
Perplexity
MARCUS WEBB · REVIEW
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Is Perplexity Pro Still Worth $20 a Month? A Reality Check After the Quiet Throttling
Perplexity Pro was the easy AI subscription recommendation. Then the limits quietly changed. What Pro actually gets you in 2026, what happened in May, and who should still pay.