Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights...
by dfitzpat on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @03:52PM
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FYI: My neighbor developed something similar in the 70s. It was purchased by a large pantyhose company for many millions with additional revenue promised from royalties from future sales. As soon as they owned it they killed the product to maintain their revenue stream from short-lived hose. The inventor lost millions from sales that never happened. Don't let this happen to you. If you are successful, they will come knocking.
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Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights...
by erikig on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:14PM
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I'm always looking for evidence of planned obsolescense [1] but I didn't realize how effectively it has been implemented by "Big Pantyhose" and that move to buy out and phase out a superior product - deviously brilliant!
Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights...
by cyberfart on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:51AM
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There are some other examples from Bill Gates/Microsoft in this reddit thread [1].
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3aicvf/what_vill...
Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights...
by rokhayakebe on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @05:54PM
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I have another one for you: Google >> Aadvark
Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights...
by golem14 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @11:10AM
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How is this a good example ? What's the quickly obsolete thing Google pushed to effectively kill Aardvark ?
I'm with you that I'd like some better question answering service, but I don't think it's fair to blame Google for not trying ...
Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights...
by petra on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:58AM
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Maybe, you have gathered some info about planned obsolescence ? I find that subject very interesting too.