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Re:The spectacular power of Big Lens by roywiggins on Monday May 14, 2018 @01:00PM (#17067149)
It seems to me that approximately everyone on the planet sees mass media with people wearing ordinary glasses and will want to wear those instead of bulky silicone-filled lenses, even if it costs more. We're already willing to pay hundreds of dollars on name-brand frames- it's not because you can't find cheaper ones.
Re:The spectacular power of Big Lens by inferiorhuman on Monday May 14, 2018 @02:56PM (#17068353)
The article was talking about folks who are far too poor to afford a few hundred dollars to drop on glasses.
Re:The spectacular power of Big Lens by roywiggins on Monday May 14, 2018 @03:43PM (#17068771)
I mean, people who can afford basic frames pay more for nicer ones.

Quite poor people, if they get the chance, will probably pay for very-cheap real glasses even if there are even-cheaper silicone ones available. For people with no other choices, I can see the silicone ones being useful! But "hey, take these glasses we made for poor people" is not a great sales pitch.

Re:The spectacular power of Big Lens by 21 on Monday May 14, 2018 @03:56PM (#17068895)
The article also says a cheap pair of glasses is $5.
Re:The spectacular power of Big Lens by dharmab on Monday May 14, 2018 @04:18PM (#17069093)
You can get perfectly fine, durable, non-dorky plastic frames for $10.