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by mellosouls 7 days ago
As much as I'd like to support this, $1400 places it squarely in the "disability tax" bracket that accompanies products targeting this market.
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Perfect the enemy of the good there?

The more support they get, the easier it becomes to justify dropping the price. The more likely a cheaper competitor shows up.

Would this product have launched if a minimal profit cap were regulatorily mandated?

Are you saying the company is overcharging people 10-1,000x?

(That would let Google Glass also fall squarely into this bracket...)