minus-squareprocrastitron@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Dyson Has Killed Its Bizarre Zone Air-Purifying HeadphoneslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·3 days agoIt wasn’t being marketed and sold as a meme product. It was being marketed and sold as critical safety equipment. On top of that, it was being sold during a pandemic when such equipment was being used continuously by large segments of the population. It shouldn’t be surprising that large numbers of people bought it; the company selling it lied to those people to trick them into buying it. linkfedilink
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It wasn’t being marketed and sold as a meme product. It was being marketed and sold as critical safety equipment.
On top of that, it was being sold during a pandemic when such equipment was being used continuously by large segments of the population.
It shouldn’t be surprising that large numbers of people bought it; the company selling it lied to those people to trick them into buying it.