It's been reduced to 99$ and it seems like it is a permanent reduction. I was thinking of buying it at 299$ because it had not been on sale for a while, so I'm very pleased this happened.
Their press release on it:
http://blog.23andme.com/news/one-million-strong-a-note-from-23andmes-anne-wojcicki/
This HN comment argues that most of the current value is novelty. The thread contains other bits of insight, including more hopeful ones.
Sorry if this is a silly question - I'm pretty new to HN. How can I see the parent thread?
It's been reduced to 99$ and it seems like it is a permanent reduction. I was thinking of buying it at 299$ because it had not been on sale for a while, so I'm very pleased this happened.
Their press release on it:
http://blog.23andme.com/news/one-million-strong-a-note-from-23andmes-anne-wojcicki/