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Five@slrpnk.net to Buy it for Life@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months ago

The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good Product

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The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good Product

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Five@slrpnk.net to Buy it for Life@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months ago
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    Sadly I lack an account for the Atlantic, but I am going to assume that they were bought out.

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      Iirc they went broke because their first product was a huge hit, so they followed up with a bunch of useless crap that nobody bought.

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      12ft.io gets around it

      https://12ft.io/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/06/instant-pot-bankrupt-private-equity/674414/

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        Thank you most kindly! I have never heard of that website and am bookmarking it for the future!

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        Thanks for posting the link. MVP of the comments.

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