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ape4 · 2015-11-10 18:12:06

Maybe by releasing the plans it will cause other folks to buy it and reduce costs.

mariuolo | karma 840 | avg karma 1.17 · | 2018-04-11 07:39:37+00:00

The hope is for it to become more popular and trigger economies of scale and become affordable to common joes.

newsclues | karma 2416 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2023-03-13 11:32:36

Might as well start working on economies of scale for the future if you know the product will be popular and sell.

Starting to get consumer sales started will help to anticipate demand and plan part orders etc.

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dawnerd | karma 7527 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2018-06-01 19:45:14+00:00

I mean the other option is to just not sell and if money is a problem adjust pricing. I find their plans to be incredibly cheap for what they offer so they definitely could have room to grow in that regard.

nly | karma 10886 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2016-03-26 00:50:15

Hopefully more profitable.

zbrozek | karma 3254 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2024-04-20 12:42:28

Exactly, and there is plenty of unmet demand from people who can afford high prices. It makes sense to build the most profitable thing you can sell.

koheripbal | karma 11249 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2021-11-27 07:17:33

I wonder if this will translate to big sales at the consumer end...

electromagnetic | karma 4558 | avg karma 1.98 · | 2010-02-02 20:55:47+00:00

Please read the article, it's already going to market for direct sale to consumers.

umvi | karma 17738 | avg karma 4.46 · | 2020-12-05 05:31:23+00:00

It's costly, but some people are willing to pay the cost, so there could be a viable market for it.

mr2loco | karma 20 | avg karma 0.18 · | 2021-10-28 07:24:02

this will be dumped into the market. Lets see if buyers can absorb it

xaduha | karma 1000 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2016-03-12 05:09:45

Lots of things will change. If it makes sense to do that, then there will be demand for it.

Here's something already https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11269736

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datasage | karma 204 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2015-01-25 18:54:05+00:00

I think this is where we will see strong adoption first. Although it will probably not do much to increase profits as its a commoditized industry, but it will bring prices down for those who use it.

is74 | karma 573 | avg karma 16.85 · | 2012-05-21 09:10:04

It makes sense if you believe that the profit will go up dramatically in the not too far future. And it looks like many people think so.

wakeywakeywakey | karma 496 | avg karma 7.19 · | 2017-09-01 22:03:37

The reason to want people to buy in is to grow the space and incentivise vendors to build sophisticated services for it. Like with self-driving cars, a large herd benefits all members.

redorb | karma 1665 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2008-12-27 20:02:56

so someone is going to focus on building that next thing people will want; and however stupid it will be it will probably profit.

brutusborn | karma 1466 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2022-10-26 20:48:28

It's not that much of a stretch.

Price people will buy/sell = function(their predictions of the companies future)

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WantonQuantum | karma 939 | avg karma 3.18 · | 2022-09-01 23:22:19

I assume they've done the market research that shows enough people will pay for this to make it worthwhile.

Surely?

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duaneb | karma 6551 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2015-10-24 16:30:05+00:00

After seeing the profits from e.g. Colorado, people might be more interested than you might think. :)

kumarvvr | karma 6431 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2022-06-12 22:20:09

Looks like they are developing new markets to get to the cost advantages of scale.

CydeWeys | karma 28315 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2019-02-26 22:58:26+00:00

This article at least I'm sure will be good for their sales; too bad it's so hard for them to scale up production!