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I don't think any fan of Teenage Engineering is no longer a fan because they were paid to design a product that flopped.
by BadHumans 2y ago
I 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.