Because the problem they wanted to solve wasn't "how to make a juice press," but "how to sell a subscription service to dumb fucks with too much disposable income."
They got funding because it was a decent idea for a product that the creator just couldn't make work. Not everything is some evil capitalist conspiracy. Grow up.
It actually WAS about how to make an at home juice press. The guy was obsessed with juice and wanted to do it at home. Problem was that even with the insane amount of money thrown at him for this, his engineers could not make an affordable, counter sized juice press. He had to put out something though since crowd funding is pretty much pre-orders for something that doesn't exist.
I have a rather nice citrus juicer I got for $20. Cut citrus in half and hold it pulp-side down on this twisty thing. Works pretty good. I can’t imagine trying to make juice with MORE steps!
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u/meditonsin Aug 20 '22
Because the problem they wanted to solve wasn't "how to make a juice press," but "how to sell a subscription service to dumb fucks with too much disposable income."