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Is there any legal obligation Google has to 2nd hand owners of these glasses, or is it just a kind gesture that they're refunding everyone? I have to wonder wh
by oh_sigh 6y ago
Is there any legal obligation Google has to 2nd hand owners of these glasses, or is it just a kind gesture that they're refunding everyone?
I have to wonder what kind of secret sauce north had if they refund 100% of the revenue from the company after acquiring....unless they only sold a few units and this was just an acquihire
- easton 6y agoGoogle probably calculated it into the sale price. It's probably worth it to drop North's customer base vs have to deal with the glasses, sales and support for the next couple years (especially if they have to write bug fixes over time for these glasses).
- jsnell 6y agoThe HN discussion from when the sale was announced [0] might be of interest. It definitely didn't sound like a company being bought for the product, and might not even have been an acquihire. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23690967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23690967
- 908B64B197 6y agoIt was a patent acquisition. North had originally purchased patents from Intel when they abandoned their Vaunt project. [0]. From what I've been told the reason they are shutting down the existing glasses is because they won't be hiring from the company. The founders were also not hired as part of the deal. [0] https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/19/intel-abandons-vaunt-smart-glasses-project/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/19/intel-abandons-vaunt-smart...