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by SavantIdiot 1827 days ago
> seems to be to depart rich people from their money in obscene ways

This nails it. The startup tech boom has a large contingent of, "how can we take a cheap device, cloud-it-up, add some design, and sell it at 20x the price to the bougie?" I literally stay awake at night trying to think of something I can modify and sell to rich people.

And by "rich" people, I mean people in the 10% and above income brackets, or people that will go into debt to have the latest gadget.

Examples:

- Car-rooftop tents

- Fancy blenders

- Super-expensive coolers

- Deluxe earphones

- Deluxe vacuum cleaners

- Deluxe portable fans

- Deluxe juice machines

- Deluxe "man kits" (yes, its a thing: https://www.mancrates.com/, https://manlymanco.com)

...

I am racking my brains to come up with the next fancy thing...