Yes, I was being hyperbolic, that should be obvious. No I am not going to 'look at a teardown' - my whole point was I tore it down to parts, rebuilt it, and fixed design flaws. I was extremely unimpressed by the build quality and major design flaws for something so expensive. It failed in the night with my newborn nephew on it.

I also said I would have paid a lot more than they're selling for, if it existed when I had a kid.

I love tech, but I'm anti shitty-quality-tech that isn't safe, and doesn't last, especially when a baby is supposed to sleep on it and it costs $1695.

You’re being a jerk, and insulting neurodivergent people at the same time. Why not just ask where I got that figure? I explained it here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41286278

Obviously a patented small volume item will cost more than its materials, but the fact remains that the build quality is low, and not what you see with other high end baby equipment.

FWIW I have run companies and invented and sold electronic devices… I understand very well the economics and practical issues involved.