Ebby

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

So we're changing "Sell By" and "Best Before" to "Use By” and "Best if Used By”

I don't really see this helping food waste at the consumer end, but greatly benefits supermarkets by allowing products to remain on shelves longer and closer to spoilage.

However, in that case customers could have less margin to use their purchased groceries before they go bad.

I think this has a chance to backfire. There is greater incentive to dig around for the product with the most time. Those who frequently shop or most desperate would buy the items expiring sooner, but folks like me who only really check items I've been burned on, will start checking everything. I'm not buying a $3.99 head of lettuce with 2 days left.

EDIT: don't grocery stores already donate lots of near-expiration unspoiled food to support systems? I thought there was a organization in CA that coordinated all that. They may see a dip in donations.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Raises paddle

$2.50!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If I recall you still can through ADB, but it's a pain and they started locking that down too. Ad blocking VPN (at least the one I tried) didn't work.

There was a big update about a year ago that very clearly sent the message "this device will show what we want you to see."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

While based on Google TV, they lock down the OS, control the app store, and force their apps. You're in their walled garden and it's a pain to break out in any meaningful way.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (5 children)

No thanks. It's all about data harvesting and ads now.

There was a time it was a neat product, but Amazon tech isn't entering our household anymore.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A % of customers won't return an incorrect product so an accidental sale is still a sale. It sucks, but statistically benefits the company.

I get tricked now and then too by products that ended up not matching my search. So annoying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Totally right. Forgot what community I was in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't most? Even Fitbit does that for ages. You can select what apps to receive notifications from.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Maybe they did mean hung, drawn and quartered.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hung

In that case, I'd rather be hanged.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'd be screaming in terror if the cockpit and flight controls were installed backwards too!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'd be more disappointed in the missed naming opportunity: Upperware

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It'll take me a while to respond to this, but it is hilarious you would refer to a voice for decorum and patience as "bully class" in an article/discussion about organizing obstructionists for maximum appeal.

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