Segway Hype Comparisons
Comments repeatedly compare a new personal mobility device (like an electric scooter or self-balancer) to the Segway, focusing on overhype, impracticality, high cost, and failure to revolutionize transportation.
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Segway segued into other things?
Segway's are really potent
It's the segway solution. Cool tech that solves a problem which doesn't really exist.
even more revolutionary than the segway!
Is it just me or is the likelihood of this taking off a little lower than the Segway revolutionizing transport worldwide?
This device deserves the hype the Segway received.
Earthshaking like the Segway promise?
Feels a lot like Segway to me - looks cool, but nothing people actually will use.
I expected Segways to roam the streets as much as escooters do now. It was hyped as changing the way of human transport. The legal framework didn't exist yet, they are too expensive ($5000 USD), patents prevented competition, lots of marketing mistakes.
It's more like the Segway prophecy.