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> Rival ebike maker Cowboy is making an app[0] that supports some VanMoof bikes and they say it will support more models in future. That future can be very sho
by yabatopia 3y ago
> Rival ebike maker Cowboy is making an app[0] that supports some VanMoof bikes and they say it will support more models in future.
That future can be very short. Cowboy is like Vanmoofs twin: proprietary parts, ridiculously VC funded, mountains of debt, more losses than revenue, no realistic path towards profitability, ... All that in a ebike boom decade. It's another bankruptcy waiting to happen.
- veidr 3y agoSounds plausible; their bikes look very similar to VanMoof, are priced in the same range, and have similar long delivery times. My point was just that there are alternative apps for VanMoof bikes. But maybe there is a more interesting point here. Maybe these Apple-esque ebikes designs that prize looking pretty and over repairability/interoperability have seen their moment pass?