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We're moving towards a state where simplicity and privacy is the province of the affluent. A simple, reliable product doesn't make for a repeat customer. If you
by crocodiletears 5y ago
We're moving towards a state where simplicity and privacy is the province of the affluent. A simple, reliable product doesn't make for a repeat customer. If you buy what the Bollinger claims to be, you'll probably take care of it, and won't want to trade it in for a new model every year or three. Ideally they don't get to market your telematics data either. That gives them all of one chance to extract the product's value from you. Add that to the small production runs of a niche vehicle, and the price makes a depressing amount of sense.
- adolph 5y ago“But It For Life” is a double-niched category: from the limited number of consumers interested and educated in the value proposition and from the entrepreneurs willing to build the companies and muster the investors who aren’t turned off by the promise of slow and small growth.
- HWR_14 5y agoI feel like the investors are the hard part there, not the consumers. For instance, all pay software seems to be moving towards a subscription service, and that's not a consumer-led movement.
- Accujack 5y ago>We're moving towards a state where simplicity and privacy is the province of the affluent. No, not really. The problem of the wealthy being inherently unequal in the US at least is a consequence of our corrupt government. The law in the US needs to catch up to the computer age regarding privacy (or at least equal the GDPR). It's not a societal tendency, it's a direct consequence of money having far too much influence in our governing institutions.
- mixmastamyk 5y agoSeems like the grandparent is describing what-is and you are what-should-be. Two different things, not necessarily in conflict.