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

submitted 1 month ago by Bezier@suppo.fi to c/internetofshit@suppo.fi

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17360350

“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers

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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[–] gwindli@lemy.lol 33 points 1 month ago (4 children)

feel free to file this comment under the heading "old man yells at clouds" , but it is just kind of comically dystopian to talk about concepts like "losing shoe functionality" or having features of your shoes bricked. it makes me laugh in an "otherwise i'd be crying" kind of way

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago

The future is here and it sucks.

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