Produce bad product but still become popular

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Jelly Jan 27 @ 8:41am

I have tried many coffees and starbucks is awful like maybe some of the worst coffee I drink but it is very popular and one of the biggest businesses

how is it possible they can achieve great success while producing awful products?

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 27 @ 8:44am

Originally posted by Merci:
Produce bad product but still become popular

I have tried many coffees and starbucks is awful like maybe some of the worst coffee I drink but it is very popular and one of the biggest businesses

how is it possible they can achieve great success while producing awful products?

Since people have varying tastes, yes. With over 8 billion of us now, a lot of things can become popular even being awful.

Remember the shake weight?

Axe Jan 27 @ 8:44am

I wouldn't touch anything from Starbucks even if I was thirsty, it's just a lot of sugar and sugar is addictive.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 27 @ 8:45am

Originally posted by Ax:
I wouldn't touch anything from Starbucks even if I was thirsty, it's just a lot of sugar and sugar is addictive.

They also sell sugarless products.

Big&Black Jan 27 @ 8:45am

If you have capital and friends in the right places to do some aggressive marketing you can sell anything big time. You need money to make money, basically.

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Electric Cupcake Jan 27 @ 8:46am

Charbucks is indeed disgusting, and fraudulent to even call what they sell "coffee."

Axe Jan 27 @ 8:46am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Originally posted by Ax:
I wouldn't touch anything from Starbucks even if I was thirsty, it's just a lot of sugar and sugar is addictive.

They also sell sugarless products.

:nkCool:

Do these contain sweetners, because that's even worse.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 27 @ 8:47am

Originally posted by Ax:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

They also sell sugarless products.

Do these contain sweetners, because that's even worse.

Plain coffee, espressos, latte, cappuccino? No sugar anything, no.

I'm not saying they're good though.

Even Seattle's Best was a Starbucks brand before they sold it to Nestlé in 2022.

Last edited by cSg|mc-Hotsauce; Jan 27 @ 8:50am

salamander Jan 27 @ 9:00am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Originally posted by Merci:
Produce bad product but still become popular

I have tried many coffees and starbucks is awful like maybe some of the worst coffee I drink but it is very popular and one of the biggest businesses

how is it possible they can achieve great success while producing awful products?

Since people have varying tastes, yes. With over 8 billion of us now, a lot of things can become popular even being awful.

Remember the shake weight?

:nkCool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXYODZQ5AQ&ab_channel=petrovich100

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 27 @ 9:09am

Originally posted by salamander:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Since people have varying tastes, yes. With over 8 billion of us now, a lot of things can become popular even being awful.

Remember the shake weight?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXYODZQ5AQ&ab_channel=petrovich100

Yup!

Original Cast Recording Jan 27 @ 9:21am

Originally posted by Merci:
I have tried many coffees and starbucks is awful like maybe some of the worst coffee I drink but it is very popular and one of the biggest businesses

how is it possible they can achieve great success while producing awful products?

Pretty simple: Starbucks realized they could make more selling what are basically milkshakes than by being renowned for "good coffee."

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sleeps Jan 27 @ 9:24am

wait, you guys still bought starbucks?

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GunsForBucks Jan 27 @ 9:26am

Coffee is pretty terrible in general.

The problem is it is linked mentally to "growing up" and not drinking soda etc.

So people have some social mental need to say they drink coffee to act like they are grown up but actually don't like coffee.

Starbucks was born.

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Xero_Daxter Jan 27 @ 9:49am

Originally posted by Merci:
I have tried many coffees and starbucks is awful like maybe some of the worst coffee I drink but it is very popular and one of the biggest businesses

how is it possible they can achieve great success while producing awful products?

Idk. Why pay 20,000 dollars for a watch that tells time?

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MinionJoe Jan 27 @ 9:51am

Originally posted by Merci:
I have tried many coffees and starbucks is awful like maybe some of the worst coffee I drink but it is very popular and one of the biggest businesses

how is it possible they can achieve great success while producing awful products?

Starbucks adds additional caffeine to their coffee.

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Electric Cupcake Jan 27 @ 9:53am

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:
Coffee is pretty terrible in general.

The problem is it is linked mentally to "growing up" and not drinking soda etc.

So people have some social mental need to say they drink coffee to act like they are grown up but actually don't like coffee.

Starbucks was born.

You never had good coffee, eh?

Find a local place that has a roaster in the corner that they use to roast beans on premises. Or use an Aeropress.

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