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[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

It was gimmicky as hell. Did it work? Who cares. It was irrelevant for 90% of consumers.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I really miss it honestly. Kids, so, so many batteries in my house.

Dad, my blah blah blah isn't working right. Then I have to go dig out this monster:

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Your kids will inherit that charger, and their kids afterward.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hopefully not because the kind of batteries that work with this reader are awful batteries. Single use disposable batteries are an absolutely stupid idea we should be moving away from

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Works fine on my rechargeable AAs.

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