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		sircastor on Nov 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here I think privacy advocates think that there’s this massive untapped market of single-issue consumers who would gladly spend the extra money for this kind of thing. I don’t think it’s there. I’d be willing to bet appliances are already a commoditized market and the margins are already painfully thin. “Absolute killing” it would not be.

staticautomatic on Nov 14, 2021 | [–]

I doubt the appliance companies have researched it, and I say that as a product/marketing researcher.

gaganyaan on Nov 14, 2021 | [–]

It's not just about privacy, it's also about durability and repairability.

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