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   Framework :fedora: :ubuntu: (frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 01:52:20 JST Framework :fedora: :ubuntu:

   This is a company that:
   1. Entered a category where products traditionally lasted decades
   2. Built a $17,000 product that was obsolete within a few years
   3. Produced a self-congratulatory marketing video starring an Oscar winner about how environmentally friendly they are. https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23900158/apple-watch-edition-gold-2015-obsolete-unsupported-beyonce

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 01:52:19 JST feld

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     How many did they actually sell? I bet it was so few they decided to can the entire product line and I don't blame them. "Luxury watches" was not a market sector they needed to care about.
     
     They needed to appear to care about it at first to be taken seriously by people into watches, but clearly the product line is so successful there's no need for this to exist.
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 01:54:45 JST feld

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     • feld
     Estimates of there being at least 10,000 sold. But that's nothing.
     
     https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/07/23/how-many-gold-apple-watches-were-sold/
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 01:55:24 JST feld

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     Yeah if I was Apple I'd just tell these people to pound sand. They aren't poor, they knew the risks.
     
     https://appleworld.today/apple-watch-dominates-the-market-with-50-million-units-sold-in-2022/