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He seems like a guy super invested in changing our trajectory from techno-dystopia to techno-utopia. I really respect that shining optimism, but it may have got

• slg 3y ago
  Charging customers full price, including a monthly subscription, for a product that he admits is "not where it needs to be — full stop" seems more techno-dystopian than techno-utopian to me.
  • laborcontract 3y ago
    Should a marketing person be “full stop”-ing the criticism of the product? Yes, I get it’s an affinity exercise, but one I don’t think marketing should be doing unless there’s something tragically wrong about it. If I was working on the product, I’d probably feel okay full stopping. If I saw the person representing us full stopping Id probably think something like hey, nobody died here. And also I feel like a full stop is reserved for maybe one or two people at a company.
  • pxoe 3y ago
    add to that, making an obviously inferior first gen product, so that they could sell you a "new and improved" second gen and get you on an upgrade cycle for this completely extraneous thing that costs as much as a phone (that it will never, ever get rid of)
    • DemocracyFTW2 2y ago
      at ~$800.— + $25.—/month it's significantly pricier than a lot of smartphones