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irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?

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What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?

irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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    Extra expensive digital hifi cables.

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      I remember seeing a €180 hdmi cable at a shop.

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        PfFt. Amateur level stuff!

        Try this on for size:

        https://www.audioquest.com/products/dragon-48-hdmi-cable

        And that’s not the limit, either.

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          What?! No! Why?!

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          I like this old one too, the cat destroyed the outer layer of an expensive audiophile power cable, revealing a garden hose below…
          needless to say, the owner decided to look deeper.

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