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yummypaint on Oct 6, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: An Antique Toaster That's Better Than Today’s [vid...

I don't think the juicero was about solving a problem people actually had. It's real purpose was to add DRM to fruit.

tgsovlerkhgsel on Oct 7, 2019 [–]

Well, yes, of course, bad engineering was not Juicero's biggest problem, but it was part of the issue and the reason why their DRM machine was so expensive to manufacture.

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