Science Juicero, maker of the doomed $400 internet-connected juicer, is shutting down

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/1/16243356/juicero-shut-down-lay-off-refund

Juicero, the company that made its name by creating a proprietary juice-squeezing machine, is shutting down. The announcement comes from Juicero's website. In its post, the company writes that it is suspending the sale of both its juice packets and its Juicero Press device. The last juice packet delivery will occur next week. All customers have up to 90 days to request a refund for their purchase of the Juicero Press, regardless of when they bought it. Fortune reports that employees are being given 60 days notice.

So it's time to say goodbye to Juicero, although we only knew its product for 16 months. The founder of Organic Avenue (a now-bankrupt restaurant chain), Doug Evans, introduced the device in March 2016. At the time, we scoffed at the fact that it cost $699 and required proprietary juice packs. Then in April 2017, Bloomberg published a piece that likely doomed the company to fail. Reporters found that the company's packs of fruits and vegetables didn't require the actual Juicero machine, but were instead squeezeable by hand. Basically, the pricey machine was completely useless, which wasn't a great look for the company.

After that PR catastrophe, Juicero said it hoped to eventually cut the cost of its machine to around $200. It also laid off 25 percent of its staff and offered full refunds, but that appears to not have been sufficient to keep the business afloat. Juicero fell fast. I just hope the bodegas can get a refund.

 

[WireSponge]

JUICAYYYYY, JUICAYYYYYY

 

[CWCchange]

I'm surprised some autist didn't buy it and burn down their house plugging it in a bathroom wall outlet.

 

[Ti-99/4A]

Why is it that every god damn thing in the world has to be connected to the internet these days?

 

[nonnewtonian]

 

[Smiling Honeybadger]

Wait a second. So this overpriced piece of shit is not a juicer in the sense of, you throw actual fruits and vegetables in it, and it dejuices them, but it basically squeezes out packages of juice??!! While tweeting about it?

Excuse me, I just have a seat and stare at the closest wall in utter disbelief.

After watching this video, I think the only customer, who would have bought this piece of techno waste, would have been a certain tranny & screaming Asian Midget couple from Boston.

 

[TowinKarz]

And THAT is how you scam hipsters, you just have to get out of the country before they realize it, shame that last step was missed.

 

[The Fool]

Wait a second. So this overpriced piece of shit is not a juicer in the sense of, you throw actual fruits and vegetables in it, and it dejuices them, but it basically squeezes out packages of juice??!! While tweeting about it?

Excuse me, I just have a seat and stare at the closest wall in utter disbelief.

Yes, it's literally just a press. That can only do one thing, because it won't work unless an official pouch is in it due to DRM.

 

[Quijibo69]

They should have added the Ouya to it.

This is better:

 

[ES 148]

Yes, it's literally just a press. That can only do one thing, because it won't work unless an official pouch is in it due to DRM.

So you can't actually, like, make any type of juice other than the ones sold.
So you could completely skip squeezing by hand anyway, and just buy freaking juice.

 

[The Fool]

And THAT is how you scam hipsters, you just have to get out of the country before they realize it, shame that last step was missed.

No, it's even funnier than that. Watch a teardown of this thing. It's insanely over-engineered and easily costs more than $700 to manufacture a unit. They actually lost money selling these.
The guy who made this wasn't a scammer, he just wanted to be the next Steve Jobs. Except instead of scamming people by repackaging things someone else invented like Jobs did this guy just likes selling old-fashioned shit in a can.

 

[NIGGO KILLA]

Good

 

[AnOminous]

No, it's even funnier than that. Watch a teardown of this thing. It's insanely over-engineered and easily costs more than $700 to manufacture a unit. They actually lost money selling these.
The guy who made this wasn't a scammer, he just wanted to be the next Steve Jobs. Except instead of scamming people by repackaging things someone else invented like Jobs did this guy just likes selling old-fashioned shit in a can.

Why the fuck would a juice machine need an Internet connection?

I have a juice machine that costs $10. You put a fucking orange in it and squeeze it and juice comes out.

No, it's even funnier than that. Watch a teardown of this thing. It's insanely over-engineered and easily costs more than $700 to manufacture a unit. They actually lost money selling these.

How the fuck do you spend over $700 to make something that squeezes a bag, and that's literally the only thing it does?

 

[The Fool]

Why the fuck would a juice machine need an Internet connection?

I have a juice machine that costs $10. You put a fucking orange in it and squeeze it and juice comes out.

Because it doesn't have a physical interface, you need to use an iPhone to operate it.
Actual companies funded this by the way. Including Google, if that wasn't obvious.

 

[Robot Holocaust]

 

[OpenBASED]

So this thing requires an Internet connection? Sounds like it's a better machine for monitoring wrongthink than to squeeze juice packets. But it's more likely someone will connect to it remotely and make it explode.
Other than that it seems to be an overpriced piece of shit that's supposed to be a "work of art".

EDIT: Also, this

 

[ASoulMan]

This is the kind of shit that iDubbbz would talk about on his Kickstarter Crap videos.

 

[_blank_]

Well...okay then! Goodbye, completely worthless product which I had not once heard of once until this thread.

You will not be missed and your only accomplishment is becoming more worhtless junk in garbage dumps across the globe.

 

[WireSponge]

Actual companies funded this by the way. Including Google, if that wasn't obvious.

I actually hope Google continues to fund more products like these so I can continue to not buy them in the future.

 

[AnOminous]

So this thing requires an Internet connection? Sounds like it's a better machine for monitoring wrongthink than to squeeze juice packets. But it's more likely someone will connect to it remotely and make it explode.
Other than that it seems to be an overpriced piece of shit that's supposed to be a "work of art".

If this is a work of art, it's pure Dada.

This is why ISIS chops heads and sometimes it's actually kind of hard to say they're totally wrong.

I actually hope Google continues to fund more products like these so I can continue to not buy them in the future.

It's better than hiring John Flynt and Anita Sarkeesian and giving them money to do whatever it is they do.

But then putting it all in a pile like and dousing it with gasoline and setting it ablaze like the Joker would be better than that, too.