U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crackdown

Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by yoz-y on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:14PM (#26835757)

Not in my experience. Except for very well known brands like Coca Cola and Mars, the store-brand products are always front and center in all shelves, and all in-store marketing (flyers, catalogs, promotions) is for the store branded products. This is for Carrefour, Franprix and Monoprix, not sure how it is in the US.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by bagacrap on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:03PM (#26836428)

Target creates knock offs (Up+Up brand) for almost all the household products they sell. They're placed directly next to the item from the known brand, such as Neutrogena. I would say if anything, the known brand item is more front and center, but it's impossible to ignore the adjacent facsimile that's 2/3 the price.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by lotsofpulp on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:08PM (#26836501)

FYI, “knock offs” has the same meaning as counterfeit. Target sells “generics” under their Up+Up brands.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by basch on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:36PM (#26838801)

knockoff means imitation https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knockoff https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/knockof...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by lotsofpulp on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:13PM (#26839144)

I’ve never seen it used in a context other than trying to pass an item off as something else. I would be surprised to hear someone refer to a generic version of something as a knockoff.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by jen20 on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:10PM (#26839605)

That's a fairly common usage in British English.

[ Parent | on HN ]