FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoDuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoeverfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkDuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoeverfuturism.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 hours ago$39 is probably still a huge markup.
minus-squareDrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 hours 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-up3·edit-210 hours 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.