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

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Tech products. It's not worth the risk of getting some Chinese spying crap. Even chargers and cables have the risk of damaging your hardware.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Tempo. Every other tissue I tried messes up the whole laundry, if I missed only one pant pocket.

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

Cottage Cheese. Prairie Farms is my go to

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Old Bay seasoning
batteries (when I have to use disposables)
Command hooks

[–] shalafi 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Legit 3M command hooks are the shit. 3M products seem to be like that. Yeah, more expensive, but always worth it. Nice to see a company stay focused on quality vs. last quarter's spreadsheets.

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[–] Cryan24 5 points 1 year ago

Redbull.

[–] kyden 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Heinz ketchup, Hellman’s Mayonnaise, Coca Cola, Western Digital hard drives back when platters were a thing.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

VH soy sauce over store brand. Has to be. VH is king, store brand is so bad it doesn't even count as soy sauce, and I'm a broke dude who buys store brand everything possible. Also mini-wheats, store brand mini wheats are terrible. Other store brand cereals are good but with mini-wheats they dropped the ball.