I suppose Starbucks could have just charged more to upsell personal space. Instead they seem to have banned people bringing any sort of privacy devices into the cafe.
The move targets a small but persistent group of clients known as “cagongjok.” The term blends the Korean words for cafe and study tribe. It refers to people who work or study for hours in coffee shops.
Most use only laptops. But Starbucks says some have been setting up large monitors, printers and even cubicle-style dividers.Source: Twitter
Honestly they should have just started selling the privacy dividers or at least renting them for a premium.
The story is perhaps notable because Meta, which was renamed at great expense to chase a bogus metaverse and VR nonsense, has been dumping itself into stupid privacy violating surveillance “glasses”. The smart response to papparazzi tech is privacy dividers, a logical and superior future. Why see or be seen in any public spaces if you want to remain comfortable?
