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This. It's interesting to me when something like this comes along and people herald it as something completely ground breaking when there's already a myriad of
by at-fates-hands 13y ago
This.
It's interesting to me when something like this comes along and people herald it as something completely ground breaking when there's already a myriad of products do this and probably taste infinitely better.
Not saying its a bad idea, but this space is already incredibly crowded. what's the selling point that Soylent has over its competitors?
- pbreit 13y agoI would not call the space incredibly crowded. In fact, I'm not aware of anyone else promoting at the consumer level a 14-21/week meal replacement product.
- DanBC 13y agoBecause that approach is fantastically irresponsible and existing companies don't want the legal hassle.
- pbreit 13y agoI don't know that it's irresponsible, much less fantastically so. The legal angle is a good one and why upstarts can continue to outwit the incumbents (discount them at your peril).
- cbhl 13y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7557043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7557043
- ballard 13y agoPlus getting distribution will be cutthroat savagery. Direct-to-consumer is a huge amount of work and limits growth. Costco, Whole Foods, Trader Joes and Amazon should be hit up at the same time.
- _greim_ 13y agoThe company is taking essentially an open-source approach, and is deliberately fostering an active DIY community. Ensure and other products don't operate that way, as far as I know. That's pretty compelling to a lot of people.