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Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down by briandear on Friday September 01, 2017 @06:55PM (#15152958)
It is probably because I can go to the store right now and buy pretty great Odwalla stuff that tastes good and is healthy. However, pre-brewed coffee from a bottle isn’t at the same level as fresh coffee. The point is that there are reasonable substitutes for a Juicero, but coffee at home is something people already make but most people don’t care about making their own juice — and if they were aficionados, they would have a real juicer. Juicero just didn’t make much sense. It wasn’t solving a problem most people had.

Many people make coffee each day and they might even drink juice, but most people drink juice from bottles, so Juicero was solving a problem that didn’t really need solving for the average consumer.

Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down by hannob on Friday September 01, 2017 @07:39PM (#15153155)
> It is probably because I can go to the store right now and buy pretty great Odwalla stuff that tastes good and is healthy.

Contrary to popular belief none of that stuff is healthy. It doesn't matter whether it comes from a juicero or from a bottle, it just all contains far too much sugar.

Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down by zzleeper on Friday September 01, 2017 @07:57PM (#15153253)
For some reason, people seem to think that eating 40 grams of apple sugar is healthier than eating "sugar cane sugar" or "corn sugar".

IMHO, of you take an apple and extract the fiber and water, you shouldn't be calling that fruit any more.