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by nikolay 3899 days ago
Great... but why did they double the price?!
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300bps 3899 days ago
Surprised to hear they did that but I guess it makes sense. I'm sure working with the FDA to pioneer new health testing isn't cheap.
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hga 3899 days ago
Because they more than doubled the value they can now deliver?
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nikolay 3898 days ago
The price was $99 with health reports before plus a $20 discount on each person after the first. Also, now they monetize our DNA data as well [0].

It looks like best strategy now is to use AncestryDNA ($99) [1] and then run Promethease for $5 or for free [2] to get what 23andMe gives you plus a lot more!

[0] http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2015/01/06/surpris...

[1] https://dna.ancestry.com/

[2] http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Promethease

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th0waway 3899 days ago
they have to do something to make up for all the extra effort used in turning the results over to the government...
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SaberTail 3899 days ago
Hidden amid their news was also this: https://www.23andme.com/transparency-report/
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