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1 HN user recommended this in 2016, in one comment.
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1 HN user recommended this in 2016, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
If people are willing to pay $400 for this[1], which is a manual juice press kludged out of a $12.95 automotive jack.[2], they might go for this $700 device.
And that's before they've hooked the user on the proprietary packs. The thing has DRM, and requires WiFi and an Internet connection just to validate the packs. It has no other legitimate need for an Internet connection. Since it doesn't do anything on its own, it has nothing to say to the user remotely.
Even the guy who invented the Keurig is now fed up with the company. And Keurig was forced to give up on the DRM.[3]
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Welles-or-Peoples-Juice-Press/dp/B001A... [2] http://www.amazon.com/Torin-T90203-Hydraulic-Bottle-Jack/dp/... [3] http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/5/7986327/keurigs-attempt-to-...