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[-] krelvar@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

"Must survive on sales alone." 1700 dollars for this thing... that would be your sales, you greedy fucker.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Either sell products for a premium price or give it away for free and then nickel and dime every function, not both.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Oh no, this is a dark path... There's a third option...

Starts rocker

Rocker plays soft lullaby

Rock a bye baby
On the tree top
Dendrine's new treats
Are perfect for tots
If you need diapers
Try our new style
Half price at Wall-mart
For just a short while.

[-] C126@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Well yeah, I think this news will reduce sales. Bad business move really.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago
[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

And the laaaaand of the feeee and the hoooome of the slaa…

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

The company's founder, Harvey Karp, said the pricing change was necessary to "bring in revenue," noting that the company was not underwritten by a university or the government, and must survive on its sales alone.

Um, yeah? Many companies do that just fine.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

LOL. I can't even get angry at this one. It's just so preposterous that some executive dreamed this up, and then consumers actually purchased it. You can get one that you wind up for 94% cheaper, and it doesn't even need electricity.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Shit like this blows my mind. Just to think for how long you even need a crib for a baby.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

We need more hackers to liberate owned hardware

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Squeeze every penny... The greed is overflowing

[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Since becoming a father I've been absolutely amazed at just how awful the baby market is for shit like this, whether it's locking key advertised services behind subscriptions, treating staff like shit, releasing faulty products, having awful customer service, you name it.

The worst part is that there is such a strong market for "momfluencers" that you'll find that every brand has ambassadors that sign up for free, get money off of their products (sometimes not even that, just being able to get new products a day earlier), all for them to shill on social media.

I promise you, let the dust settle, and within weeks if you were to raise his in Instagram someone will reply to tell you to "drop it" or to "stop being so negative". The last time Kyte Baby went through some shit for firing an employee for being in the NICU and not in office their affiliates were commenting on "negative people's" pictures to criticise what their babies were wearing/using, because it wasn't their brand.

Snoo are big on the affiliate thing, much like Kyte are, and I promise you their affiliates will be on damage control soon.

[-] automator404@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

This reads like a headline from a Black Mirror episode.

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