Comment by micromacrofoot
2 months ago
this is a device that would potentially last years though, not months — if you're in the niche of needing something like this you're paying less than $10 a month (maybe as low as $5)... doesn't net out too terribly in exchange for not charging
We did it guys, we made physical devices usable only if you treat them as a SaaS otherwise you're sol when battery runs out
that's a pretty lame take, all I did was break down the cost to the lifespan of the device
it's useful to think of a lot of things this way, I also justify clothing purchases on a rough estimate of cost per wear
Right, and an Oura would be usable for a decade because it has a rechargeable battery.
sure but the Oura does a bunch of unrelated stuff specific to health and also has to be charged twice a week? they're not even comparable products
I don’t understand what you don’t understand. The oura comparison is one they made and used “charging every day” as a reason to not use a rechargeable battery. If they took the oura hardware model and applied it to their voice recorder ring, you would be charging monthly if not longer.
TL;dr - There’s no reason to not have a rechargeable battery other than to create e-waste and “a revenue stream”.
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