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Looks like a submarine story!

http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

I wonder who hired the PR firm to get this article published? Was it the optometrists? No, they don't have that much money.

I'd guess this article was bought with a grant from Johnson & Johnson, your friendly contact lens giant.

In any case, if you need contacts, skip Hubble. Go direct to Daysoft.

http://www.daysoft.com

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Is every article focusing on a company a submarine? Maybe some events in business are just interesting and newsworthy on their own.

This isn't an event but a teardown of a business model on the basis that the older model users are scared of it.

That is true...but this article is very slanted. And it has all the characteristics of a PR firm pitched article.

Spreading FUD about your competitors is a time-honored business practice. These upstart companies represent a threat to the profits of the industry giants.

But I recommend Daysoft in the UK. $8 for 32 lenses! And no prescription needed.

http://www.daysoft.com/usa

That doesn’t really hold up. Reporters at the major non trade outlets complain about PR people constantly - conspiratorial to somehow tie this to a grant from J&J (?!) and not Hubble’s shady practices and user harm.

Meanwhile, why are you promoting Daysoft so aggressively?

You created an account just to make this comment? Interesting.

Your "shady practices and user harm" quip makes you think you might be a flack. Did your firm get this article published? Good work!

My promotion of Daysoft lets you know I am not flacking for Hubble!

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