A lot of the ‘silly/useless’ looking products, like the ‘as-seen-on-TV’ stuff, are for people with disabilities. But disabled folks don’t have the numbers to make it profitable selling only to them. So they sell to the general public to try and make profit. People with certain injuries or disabilities may not be able to ride a regular bike or go running, but could potentially use this. Unfortunately the profit motive also sets a price that locks out a lot of the disabled folks that couldn’t afford something like this, even if it would help them.
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not bougee enough i guess.
A lot of the ‘silly/useless’ looking products, like the ‘as-seen-on-TV’ stuff, are for people with disabilities. But disabled folks don’t have the numbers to make it profitable selling only to them. So they sell to the general public to try and make profit. People with certain injuries or disabilities may not be able to ride a regular bike or go running, but could potentially use this. Unfortunately the profit motive also sets a price that locks out a lot of the disabled folks that couldn’t afford something like this, even if it would help them.
I could see something like this being subsidised by a health provider like Australia’s national disability insurance scheme