FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoeverfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days ago$39 is probably still a huge markup.
minus-squareDrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 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·edit-22 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.