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The regular stylus comes for free in the current presale. The eraser stylus is additional 40€, requires additional sensors and required additional R&D. Cost of a product is in the end a function of manufacturing, distribution, expected number of sales and R&D cost with some profit at the end.

Considering an Apple stylus retails for 90€, Samsung S Pen for 40€ and Wacom Bamboo stylus for 50€ the current 40€ extra seem absolutely fair for me in a premium niche market.




> required additional R&D

Only because Remarkable retardly decided to not go with side buttons in order to preserve the "feel".

If I wanted paper I'd use paper, the side button on the Lamy on my remarkable 1 is vastly superior to RM2 back eraser


There are places on the internet where that particular slur is commonplace.

HN is not among them. Please don't.




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