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Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2 by rch on Monday August 14, 2017 @02:13PM (#15010997)
The whole Spectacles concept is gimmicky, including the vending machine aspect, so it doesn't really matter how well executed the 'experience' was. They need to allocate their capital to people who have better ideas.
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Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2 by gscott on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:39PM (#15012638)
They needed to give those away like AOL did with discs.
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Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2 by deftnerd on Monday August 14, 2017 @10:39PM (#15014907)
Giving away hardware that hackers would love to play with is very different from giving away CD's that can only be alternatively used as drink coasters and for art projects.

Remember CueCat?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat#Failure

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Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2 by gscott on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @11:15AM (#15018976)
If they can make those glasses cheap enough, it would be good marketing. The CueCat people didn't want to drag that around and scan things.
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