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> Also, this article seems like an advertisement/blogspam It's written by Bolt, a hardware-focused VC which was founded by some pretty technical people and has
by traek 8y ago
> Also, this article seems like an advertisement/blogspam
It's written by Bolt, a hardware-focused VC which was founded by some pretty technical people and has a history of publishing teardowns (e.g. the Juicero one[0] which was popular here on HN a while back).
[0] https://medium.com/@BenEinstein/heres-why-juicero-s-press-is-so-expensive-6add74594e50 https://medium.com/@BenEinstein/heres-why-juicero-s-press-is...
- pastor_elm 8y agoCasper has a history with trying to dictate the terms of viral marketing. I would be suspicious of even hacker news comments. >In 2015, Casper CEO Philip Krim had a months-long email conversation with one of the sites’ founders, sounding like he was ready for Casper to play ball. >“Currently you actively endorse a competing product on our review page,” Krim wrote in one email, which was made public in court filings. “What can we do to not have you endorse another product as superior to ours?”[0] https://www.recode.net/2017/9/23/13153814/casper-sleepopolis-lawsuits-mattress-reviews https://www.recode.net/2017/9/23/13153814/casper-sleepopolis...
- updateYourMind 8y agoIts also a scammy company like all these expensive mattresses companies
- starky 8y ago>which was founded by some pretty technical people I've always gotten the impression that the people running Bolt are extremely inexperienced when it comes to the technical side. Their teardowns and articles are full of errors, or worse, inflammatory statements (looking at their godawful Beats (and fake beats) teardowns) that show that they don't have much practical design experience or even awareness of typical COGS for products.