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What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What?! No! Why?!

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

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.