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autofocus glasses (thenextweb.com)
submitted 1 day ago by Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As a guy closing in on 50, losing my near vision really annoys me. And the current solutions are weak at best, which annoys me even more. These and the other companies working on similar sound great. But someone tell me why I would need a prescription for them? And is that true in the EU? The article makes it sound like getting them approved to be prescribed is a big hurdle. They seem like better reading glasses, which I don't need a prescription to buy.

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[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

True for glasses, illegal for contacts. It's the dumbest shit ever. I don't need a prescription for band aids, why do I need one for eye correction?

$$$

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

For contacts I kinda get it.

You could have eye conditions that make you unsuitable to use contacts.

For glasses, its absolute bullshit.

An "incorrect" lens placed on the exterior of your face will not harm you (other than making you a bit dizzy).

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The thing is, if you're eyes are unsuitable for contacts, you'll know really quickly. I would think almost anyone that would buy contacts without an active prescription, has already tried contacts. You still have to know the numbers, so at some point there was an active prescription. I've never been to an eye doctor that didn't give free contacts samples, so there's that option too.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Can't you buy colored contacts with no correction? Seems like if you can do that, the issue with your ryes being unsuitable isn't the reason.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Valid point. Which makes it even dumber that I can't buy corrective lenses with a prescription a doctor once gave me that arbitrarily expired. It's not like eye prescriptions tend to change significantly, and if it's like other drug prescriptions, no need to worry about me growing an addiction to contacts, I'm already there.