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speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative? (lemmy.ml)
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I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don't like but has an alternative?

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[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Frozen veggies over fresh. I'm so fucking sick pf buying veggies then having a ticking clock on them. Frozen gives me all the nutrients and I can leave them in the freezer for months and not lose anything.

For me it's the watties frozen stir fry mix. Cheap and has a good range. I do however pick out the pea pods because they suck.

There was a medditarrian mix that was amazing to cook in the air fryer but after buying 8 bags in a week they took it off special and it went from $4 to $8

[-] ki77erb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

iPhones. Love my Pixel and I don't care how much my co-workers bitch about bubble colors.

[-] laenurd@lemmy.lemist.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an European, I always find it funny how iMessage seems to be so prevalent in the US that the "bubble colors" issue is even a thing. Here, almost everyone uses WhatsApp. Better for communication across different device types, probably worse for privacy. But at least no artificial discrimination because apple hates open standards ¯\(ツ)/¯

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

apple hates open standards

What about WhatsApp is open?

[-] perezoso@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I think they are maybe referring to Apple's reluctance to integrate with RCS.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Not an unfair complaint against Apple, but ignores Google's/Android's problematic "support" for RCS, and in this context of this comment seems to imply that What'sApp isn't "closed" like iMessage.

[-] perezoso@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, that's true. Pretty much every messenger has that issue, Signal, Telegram, etc. Ideally there would be an open standard like email, SMS and you could choose your preferred app and have cross messaging and group chats.

RIM made a similar play when they kept BBM closed to their phones and it backfired but Apple seem to have the opposite effect from keeping it all in house.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I'm certainly not trying to be an Apple apologist here, as iMessage has plenty to critique. But it bears consideration that iMessage falling back to SMS is a certain amount of openness, is it not?

[-] perezoso@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Just thought I’d come back to share this if you haven’t already seen it. They’re at it again!

https://lemmy.world/post/976234

[-] Alpagu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

WhatsApp for me. I hate it but in my country all people use it.

[-] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

then just don't use it...

[-] applejacks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

"just don't talk to your friends, bro"

[-] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

I've had some success getting people in some social circles in Canada to use Telegram.

[-] Strae@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Amazon, sort of. It absolutely cannot be beat for convenience. Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable.

But if you plan ahead, and aren't an impulse buyer, you can find alternatives with better products and similar prices. Most stuff on Amazon is absolute junk with clickfarm reviews.

Ironically Reddit was really good for finding niche websites for whichever product you were looking for. Hopefully Lemmy will reach that point eventually.

[-] DubiousInterests@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

AliExpress is the alternate for Amazon if you can wait a month to get your crap. All the products are exactly the same except £2 instead of £20.

I wouldn't buy any electronics from AliExpress though.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Every order I've ever made on Ali:

  1. Me: Place order
  2. Ali: it will be there in a month
  3. A few weeks later, Ali: Your order was cancelled.
  4. Back to Amazon

But if someone makes a version of Ali that works in the states, Amazon's online store is already a dinosaur and can easily be dominated.

[-] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

really?

Ive ordered probobly 100 things from Ali. Takes a while to arrive, but only had a couple items disappear in shipping, and never had them not at least ship.

[-] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable

you mean like online shopping in general?

[-] applejacks@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I assume they mean having it arrive within 48 hours, which is not typical of most online shopping.

[-] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

which is not typical of most online shopping.

not

[-] PeterLinuxer@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Windows -> GNU/Linux

KDE/Gnome -> JWM

TV -> Reading books

Twitter -> Fediverse

Coke/Cola -> Tea/infusion

Amazon -> Local bookshop

[-] Confused_Scallup@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Amazon needs a bit more than bookshops to replace it. Need a whole shopping mall

[-] supersane@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

People hate KDE? I'll check out JWM, but KDE is incredible.

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both KDE and Gnome can be seen as pretty bloated. They come pre-packaged with a lot of programs and tools that sit around unused, possibly even having corresponding daemons running for no reason.

For someone who doesn't want to think about their computer, and just want to know it's prepared for anything, they may want that. But if they left windows/mac to have a smaller, simpler OS that isn't wasting CPU cycles or disk space on superfluous stuff, then KDE/Gnome might not suit them.

Edit: that said, I've heard of a lot of alternative DEs/WMs, but I've never heard of JWM. I've heard good things about Budgie, might also check that out.

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I always love the Linux communities obsession with bloat.

The definition for it is so fluid its almost useless anymore. "Neovim is bloated!" "systemd is bloated and slow"

(This isn't a jab at you btw. It's a commentary on silly Linuxisms)

[-] Scout339@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

lmfao the 10 downvotes

[-] Royalish@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Some people hate books.

[-] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

People complain about Banks screwing them over with fees and caring more about investor profits all the time. But few people move their money to credit unions or other co-operatively owned financial institutions. Usually it's because of some minor inconvenience.

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