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by terrym 5721 days ago
It's likely you keep seeing the brand because they were the first to market, and everyone else has been so slow to follow that they're the only serious game in town right now. That doesn't stop this article or any of the others you've seen mentioning them from being a PR piece they wrote or promoted, however.

As far as conspiracies go, you don't actually need to buy their product to try it for yourself - just take off your shoes, run for a bit, then try to maintain the same stride when you strap your shoes back on. The only reason you'd need "barefoot shoes" is if you like it and end up wanting to run barefoot often enough to warrant wearing them to protect your feet from glass and other dangers.

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See my previous comment (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1799531) about hookworm elsewhere in the thread.

I'm not a runner, but I'm an avid cyclist, and given how much broken glass (and metal shards, etc.) I've pulled out of my tires over the years, it gives me pause. Plus, I live in Michigan - it gets COLD here.

Yes. We weren't designed for any of those problems: glass, metal, cold.