It's sad and a little scary how HYPER-REALITY predicted the current state of web (and app) design, assuming you're not using a decent adblocker. Like the film Idiocracy, this is a video which has slowly turned from hyperbole into a chilling reflection of reality. All the same companies and individuals who turned the web into a gamified nightmare clusterfuck of banners and popups and dark patterns and enshittified services are going to race to do the same to AR if it becomes mainstream. There's no reason to suspect otherwise.

All this leads me to ask, what actual incentive (aside from short term conveniences) would I have to buy an AR device? You don't need an AR device. And you can't become dependent or reliant on a device you haven't yet bought. So don't buy one!