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It was actually €200 but at the time I did it the exchange rate was pretty close to 1:1, so a recent exchange rate drop could explain some of the discount. There is an added delay of 6 weeks to the special so I guess if they’re running under max utilization it could make sense to fit these in at above the cost of the reagent. There is also competition from Nebula Genomics so there is a market share and mind-space component to denying a competitor potential customers. I think I read something somewhere about cheaper bootleg reagent being used to get around patents. I think Nebula Genomics was hit by a lawsuit around that. Plus there is the potential outsourcing to less scrupulous countries that may go on to sell access to data. I think there was a rumor that Nebula Genomics was using a Hong Kong lab and later a Russian lab. I’m not worried about my DNA getting out, I already consider my DNA privacy defeated which was confirmed by my ability to find second cousins with it.