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“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It is hard to imagine that there was not someone inside of Nike that lost their faith in humanity when the pitch for these things was originally taking off.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Make it a subscription, say it has AI and you can start buying yachts

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Add bonus features already installed on the shoe, but need an extra subscription. Maybe clips to connect them to your bike pedals, but it costs 4.99€/month to actually use that feature. Think about all the feature subscription you could sell for a good hiking shoe.

(I really hope they won't do this, but I can see them trying it.)