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Re:Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of... by bitwize on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @10:39PM (#43339408)
Entering an existing market with nothing new but a sleek, Apple-like UI that makes it eady for the average user has proven to be a business success again and again. And it's had detractors who turned out to be wrong ever since "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." If not before.
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Re:Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of... by Aurornis on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @10:40PM (#43339414)
> Entering an existing market with nothing new but a sleek, Apple-like UI that makes it eady for the average user has proven to be a business success again and again

The competing products also have apps with good UIs.

This is a marketing play. It appears to be working, given how many people are convinced it's a new idea.

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Re:Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of... by bn-l on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @03:05PM (#43346595)
This is crab in a bucket mentality.
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Re:Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of... by parl_match on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @04:07PM (#43416699)
it's absolutely correct though

this product added nothing, brought nothing new.

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