> I can't understand the hate, it's pretty obvious the R1 was a fun novelty, a gimmick. I get pretty annoyed when people lie to me to sell me something even if

> I can't understand the hate, it's pretty obvious the R1 was a fun novelty, a gimmick. I get pretty annoyed when people lie to me to sell me something even if it's obvious they're lying. Even moreso if I want to try the thing they've actually built and want people experimenting with this stuff. If I didn't care I could just ignore it. But if I do care and also I know their main claims are deceitful it means I have to waste energy wondering if the claims that aren't obvious nonsense are also deceitful. On top of this they managed to make major news rounds with their bogus presentation. This means my family who don't usually consume tech news, and for whom none of it was obvious nonsense, got super hyped about it and I had to tell them no, this is just tech people lying to you. We SHOULD encourage hacking on form factor, novelty gimmick devices or not. Lying and misrepresenting when doing so is the opposite of that, it makes it harder for the next folks to want to give it a go.