> I'm fairly certain he also mentions at one point how they're almost certainly selling the juicer itself at a loss
Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp-BGQfpHQ&t=15m07s
and here:
After watching the teardown video - I really want one of these things - very impressive.
They will probably be available on eBay cheaply now that they are paperweights for those who bought them.
Actually I want more than one (I want the motor...)
Anyone have the specs on the motor specifically (and please ignore my naivete): max RPM vs power consumption -- what about the power of these motors would be preferable to those on a boosted board (or reverse)?
Maybe I misread but apparently the company is offering refunds up until Dec-31 to anyone who purchased one of these.
That doesn't mean they are going to require you to ship the machine back to them.
(I'm assuming there's tons of people who are going to miss that deadline anyway)
If it's Internet-connected, it might not squeeze without an approved API call from the vendor.
Yes, absolutely, but it can be gutted for parts or rewired to bypass the API. The latter is not straightforward but someone did so in a video posted in these comments.
They might remove the drm as a final act of goodwill
Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down
by trapperkeeper74 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @05:28AM
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That would be some serious activation DRM for pressing juice, although it does defend their (failed) business model.
How many units did they MFR?
A smart person would put a bounty on all the tings they made
Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down
by trapperkeeper74 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @05:26AM
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Skookum as frig, possibly.
He had a better idea though: pass the bag between one or two rollers.
> This is what you get with no constraints. Building something that lasts and doesn't break the bank is what's hard. This thing will last forever, but it's a machine to squeeze pre-masticated fruit in a plastic bag that costs $400.
I've watched this before and just skipped through to find that bit, but I'm fairly certain he also mentions at one point how they're almost certainly selling the juicer itself at a loss, which makes the whole thing that much more absurd.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp-BGQfpHQ&t=37m09s