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TE might have their name really damaged by this. I wonder why they agreed to this colab in the first place
by WanderPanda 2y ago
TE might have their name really damaged by this. I wonder why they agreed to this colab in the first place
- msephton 2y agoThe rabbit guy is on the board of Teenage Engineering.
- micromacrofoot 2y agothey were paid money in exchange for services
- BadHumans 2y agoI don't think any fan of Teenage Engineering is no longer a fan because they were paid to design a product that flopped.
- serf 2y agowhy not? they clearly wanted to exploit AI hype in order to turn a profit, even if they did so indirectly. Why shouldn't that speak to their motives and trustworthiness? if Apple started churning out guns, landmines, snakeoil, cancer cures, NFTs, and magic-AIs their reputation would falter.
- wilsonnb3 2y agoApple might be able to get away with all that, their reality distortion field is unmatched, but I agree that teenage engineering might actually take a reputation hit if they are too liberal with their outsourcing. Personally, the Vision Pro wasn’t really my cup of tea but I will be standing in line on day one at my local Apple Store for the Landmine Pro.
- kevindamm 2y agoWait til you find out that the Vision Pro can detect the presence of Landmine Pro in your vicinity. It's all about that vertical integration.
- BadHumans 2y agoTeenage Engineering isn't making guns, landmines, NFTs, or magic AI. Maybe I'm just not a deep thinker like you so I'm not making the connection but in my mind a company paid Teenage Engineering to design some hardware; Teenage Engineering designed the hardware. That is all there is to it. They made no promises about the functionality because that wasn't their job because it wasn't their product.
- chambored 2y agoI highly doubt that. TE has a strong reputation and their involvement in another company's product outside of their normal business won't impact their sales regardless of whether or not R1 is a flop or a ruse.
- talldayo 2y agoSelling underpowered toys at eye-popping prices has been Teenage Engineering's modus-operandi since the beginning. After the OP-1 price hike (and subsequent re-release at an even higher price), I don't think their target audience cares past this point. You either buy TE stuff for the brand recognition or you own a bunch of Behringer gear because you're poor.
- iamsaitam 2y agoOr you buy them because they know how to design products unlike Behringer?
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- vegadw 2y agoHonestly, while I agree there's a massive price discrepancy, I don't know that I even see Behringer as the "lower end" option anymore. The lowest end is a laptop and pirated VSTs. Behringer pedals? Yeah, those are because you're poor (or just don't care, I guess?) but synths? The K2 is better built than the MS20 mini, the Wasp reissue doesn't have a good equivilent I know of, and their 303 clone isn't any better or worse than the other similarly priced 303 options - and it's easily hackable. I mean, don't get me wrong, I still think Behringer as a company is doing bad things to the music land scape and that they've done some pretty horrendous IP theft and racist stuff, but I don't think "because you're poor" is right either. To the point though, yeah, no, TE absolutely won't get a black eye for this: Nobody cares, and hardly anyone but tech bros even know. It's no worse than their wooden choir thing.
- caseyy 2y agohttps://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk/ https://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk/
- talldayo 2y agoI retract my previous statement. Indeed, toys are not the only expensive stuff they have for sale. Hey look down there! The computer-1 case is on sale for $149, down from $249. How much profit you still think they're making, considering it's a DIY kit of bendable sheet metal?
- j4ustin 2y agoThe Rabbit CEO is on the board of TE.
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