After 3 months of using it as my shower speaker, the JBL Go 5 is now my favorite little Bluetooth speaker — and I'd doubly recommend it now it's had a price cut
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Commodity hardware like Bluetooth speakers keeps racing to the bottom on price while expectations on durability and UX rise. For operators, the margin is in ecosystem and services — if your product looks like this category, assume hardware profit alone is a shrinking play.
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