• niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    “To purée your boiled potatoes, this blender needs a valid email address and cell phone verification number, please update your personal information in the Settings option and try again.”

    (twenty minutes later, the bastards have your data and the boiled potatoes are still crammed inside the blender…)

    “Error code prompt error general ### task failed successfully undefined command. FOR HOT SHINGLES IN [your street name] WAITING TO GET NAILED BY YOU [your name] CLICK ANYWHERE TO REGISTER NOW!”

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        11 months ago

        knky

        I read this as “kinky” instead of “only” and it made just as much sense in context. I’m not normally one to kink-shame, but you’ve gotta be pretty fucking weird to want a Juicero.

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        11 months ago

        AvE also did a teardown of that. It has a huge CNC machined plate that’s completely unnecessary. Rolling the bag to squeeze it would have worked fine for a fraction of the price. As it was, they were probably paying over $1000 of manufacturing cost when it retailed for $400. This necessitated making up the difference on the juice packets–the razer blade and printer ink model–but that didn’t materialize.

        That thing was a joke from so many different angles.

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          Yeah, I haven’t seen inside, I just know that even from someone who does like some smart products, that was a complete waste.