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What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you

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[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coffee and tea. Otherwise I always buy store brand because it comes from the same factory.

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coffee and tea doesn't?

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

oh I'm sure it does but in my experience tea and coffee are the only products where you can cut corners by reducing costs of production and it's actually tangible, and not merely abstract like removing brand name logo from the box