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you're absolutely right. this is a stupid solution for a stupid problem. But you're also right that this is a product for a special subset of people that need this and whom this works for.
Both can be true.
That's the nice thing about capitalism (free market economics actually): You don't have a authority that decides what is useful and useless, what gets produced and what doesn't. Because in the End, everything is useless. I have a robotvac because I'm too lazy to vacuum myself. Stupid and Lazy. I have a Vacuum cleaner because I'm too lazy to use a Broom. Stupid and Lazy.
So yes, it's both. Stupid solution to a stupid problem. But it's also a great product that solves a problem that a subset of our population has and therefore useful.
*want
People want this, they don't need it. Because nobody needs to have nails like that - they choose to. If they want to look silly, that's their prerogative, but let's not call it anything other than a personal choice and not a necessity.
But if you have the nails, then you need something to make it easier to type, assuming your job involves a lot of typing. Just because the need was created by fulfilling a want doesn't make it less of a need, because at the end of the day, anything could be reduced down to wants instead of needs, and that's not helpful.
Except they don't. Example, my fiancee is a fine dining chef, and as such has to keep her fingernails trimmed pretty short. If she decided to do the long nail thing, she'd be told to trim them. If you want to wear a party dress or beach attire to your office job, guess what, you can't. If you wear metal jewelry and are an electrician, that stuff stays in your locker or home, same for food service.
Utility > vanity. If your aesthetic choices inhibit your ability to do your job, then you need to make different choices. This isn't an accommodation for a disability or religious thing. If you want your appearance to get in the way of your work and it doesn't impact your work, then you don't need accommodation. If it's uncomfortable then that's your own damn fault.