Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV
by squeaky-clean on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:43PM
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Buy why not Soylent? Why is it so offensive compared to not eating at all or eating Taco Bell or a few granola bars?
A better alternative to Soylent is going hungry? Why?
Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV
by DanBC on Friday May 05, 2017 @06:34AM
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> Buy why not Soylent? Why is it so offensive compared to not eating at all or eating Taco Bell or a few granola bars?
When Soylent launched they made several misleading, unethical, medical, claims.
They've since dropped every single one of those.
Soylent have had a number of product recalls. They don't have a huge volume of product, and they've only been in business for a short time, so it's a bit worrying that they haven't fixed their problems.
Some people think that when you're raising money from the public you should be honest. Some people think that when you're providing a safety critical product you should be competent.
There's also an element of backlash against the massive hype / very successful marketing - we see this with any product.
The "realistic replacement" is to not worry too much about perfectly balanced nutrition if you need skip an actual real meal occasionally. The body can handle it.