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As a counterpoint, it is easy to spend more than $90 on a "dumb" lamp and bulb, depending on your style preferences and where you shop. There will always be a m

As a counterpoint, it is easy to spend more than $90 on a "dumb" lamp and bulb, depending on your style preferences and where you shop. There will always be a market for higher-end products. Another way to look at this is Casper's business model. Casper mattresses are cheaper than equivalents sold at the likes of Mattress Firm (AFAIK), although not as inexpensive as IKEA. When you look at it this way, Casper's accessories (sheets, night stands, lamps) can be a way for them to sell complimentary products, at the same time they sell you a mattress, at a higher margin.

lm28469 8y ago
> As a counterpoint, it is easy to spend more than $90 on a "dumb" lamp and bulb Sure, and this is as much as a problem, but a different one. These new tech gadgets are a symptom of consumerism in general. They're the perfect products : they cost X times more than their dumb counterparts, need constant updates from private companies, run closed source code, are near impossible to fix for the common folks and due to increased complexity they have a life expectancy of a few years at most (but that's not really a problem because the V2 will be released next year anyway)