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Humane slashes the price of its AI Pin after weak sales (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They can't sell the $699 AI party trick that requires a $24 subscription so they slashed the price to $499. Unfortunately it's still $500 too expensive for what's worth.

Maybe at $10 someone could buy it as a Halloween costume prop and even pay a whole month of subscription just to show off the novelty

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the hardware is so closed that even themselves can't reset the software for refurbishing

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/7/24211339/humane-ai-pin-more-daily-returns-than-sales

Once a Humane Pin is returned, the company has no way to refurbish it, sources with knowledge of the return process confirmed. The Pin becomes e-waste, and Humane doesn’t have the opportunity to reclaim the revenue by selling it again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jfc. Can't, or rather won't, refurbish? That's beyond stupid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe they really believed that this shit was so good that nobody would ever return or even sell it to third parties in the future