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At least it'll look nice on a shelf thanks to Teenage Engineering's good work :)
by rodiger 2y ago
At least it'll look nice on a shelf thanks to Teenage Engineering's good work :)
- WanderPanda 2y agoTE might have their name really damaged by this. I wonder why they agreed to this colab in the first place
- micromacrofoot 2y agothey were paid money in exchange for services
- BadHumans 2y agoI don't think any fan of Teenage Engineering is no longer a fan because they were paid to design a product that flopped.
- serf 2y agowhy not? they clearly wanted to exploit AI hype in order to turn a profit, even if they did so indirectly. Why shouldn't that speak to their motives and trustworthiness? if Apple started churning out guns, landmines, snakeoil, cancer cures, NFTs, and magic-AIs their reputation would falter.
- wilsonnb3 2y agoApple might be able to get away with all that, their reality distortion field is unmatched, but I agree that teenage engineering might actually take a reputation hit if they are too liberal with their outsourcing. Personally, the Vision Pro wasn’t really my cup of tea but I will be standing in line on day one at my local Apple Store for the Landmine Pro.
- kevindamm 2y agoWait til you find out that the Vision Pro can detect the presence of Landmine Pro in your vicinity. It's all about that vertical integration.
- BadHumans 2y agoTeenage Engineering isn't making guns, landmines, NFTs, or magic AI. Maybe I'm just not a deep thinker like you so I'm not making the connection but in my mind a company paid Teenage Engineering to design some hardware; Teenage Engineering designed the hardware. That is all there is to it. They made no promises about the functionality because that wasn't their job because it wasn't their product.
- chambored 2y agoI highly doubt that. TE has a strong reputation and their involvement in another company's product outside of their normal business won't impact their sales regardless of whether or not R1 is a flop or a ruse.
- talldayo 2y agoSelling underpowered toys at eye-popping prices has been Teenage Engineering's modus-operandi since the beginning. After the OP-1 price hike (and subsequent re-release at an even higher price), I don't think their target audience cares past this point. You either buy TE stuff for the brand recognition or you own a bunch of Behringer gear because you're poor.
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- vegadw 2y agoHonestly, while I agree there's a massive price discrepancy, I don't know that I even see Behringer as the "lower end" option anymore. The lowest end is a laptop and pirated VSTs. Behringer pedals? Yeah, those are because you're poor (or just don't care, I guess?) but synths? The K2 is better built than the MS20 mini, the Wasp reissue doesn't have a good equivilent I know of, and their 303 clone isn't any better or worse than the other similarly priced 303 options - and it's easily hackable. I mean, don't get me wrong, I still think Behringer as a company is doing bad things to the music land scape and that they've done some pretty horrendous IP theft and racist stuff, but I don't think "because you're poor" is right either. To the point though, yeah, no, TE absolutely won't get a black eye for this: Nobody cares, and hardly anyone but tech bros even know. It's no worse than their wooden choir thing.
- caseyy 2y agohttps://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk/ https://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk/
- talldayo 2y agoI retract my previous statement. Indeed, toys are not the only expensive stuff they have for sale. Hey look down there! The computer-1 case is on sale for $149, down from $249. How much profit you still think they're making, considering it's a DIY kit of bendable sheet metal?
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- j4ustin 2y agoThe Rabbit CEO is on the board of TE.
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- msephton 2y agoThe rabbit guy is on the board of Teenage Engineering.
- slily 2y agoThis reminds me of how Playdate owners make it very obvious they don't use the thing in the way they retroactively justify their purchase by commenting on quirkiness or aesthetics at the expense of functionality or usability. I guess I get it but there's cheaper plastic toys out there.
- mulderc 2y agoI don't think that is retroactive, people bought it because it was different and looks cool and is quirky. I think it is a very fun device and has some great games for it. It isn't for everyone but it is a cool device for people that appreciate what Panic is doing with it.
- msephton 2y agoI'm a Playdate owner, I definitely use it, and one of the games I've made for it was a GOTY 2023. So, there were go.
- linsomniac 2y agoVery interested, what game did you make?
- msephton 2y agoIt's called YOYOZO https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38372936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38372936
- linsomniac 2y agoRight, I remember reading that story, pretty cool but I had a hard time imagining the mechanics of the game at the time. Purchased, I'll give it a shot.
- msephton 2y agoThanks, have fun! Would like to know what you think of it.
- kotaKat 2y agoI bought it because I figured out it's gonna be some crummy little Mediatek thing underneath the skin (and it is) running some form of Android (and it is) so I'm just sitting back to hack it back to be a real communicator ;) EDIT: It's an MT6765 (Helios P35). It's got a known BootROM exploit. Won't be long until someone dumps it and cracks it open, though would be hilarious if a part2/part3 dump is just a factory stock ROM.