FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoDuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoeverfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down117file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@sh.itjust.worksnottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1282arrow-down1external-linkDuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoeverfuturism.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square60linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@sh.itjust.worksnottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·13 days ago$39 is probably still a huge markup.
minus-squareDrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 days agoThey’re barely making back the research costs of producing sunglasses without a lithium-polymer battery or a 12 megapixel CMOS camera. THE ABOVE COMMENT IS SARCASM.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days agothere’s no extra markup involved here for what is essentially a marketing thing. they’re $35. which is also the price the ‘normal’ (not ‘collab’ edition) ones sell for direct on ka’s web site or at retailers like rei.
$39 is probably still a huge markup.
They’re barely making back the research costs of producing sunglasses without a lithium-polymer battery or a 12 megapixel CMOS camera.
there’s no extra markup involved here for what is essentially a marketing thing.
they’re $35. which is also the price the ‘normal’ (not ‘collab’ edition) ones sell for direct on ka’s web site or at retailers like rei.