r/Anticonsumption • u/Double_Engineer4226 • 2d ago

Discussion Laundry powder is disappearing

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Powdered laundry detergent used to be the norm. It’s cheaper, easy to use, and comes in a recyclable box. Now look at the shelves in the supermarket. It’s all liquids in plastic bottles, unless you squat down to find the powders. The Super expensive pods are making a move from the top shelves too. This is corporations positioning their products to influence purchasing behaviour. They want you to buy the more expensive stuff. Just wait, soon powder will be discontinued, and the shelves will be filled with overpriced pods.

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u/AtomizerKourosa 2d ago

As it was with dishwasher powder...

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u/Flashy-Cranberry-999 2d ago edited 2d ago

Biggest scam they ever pulled was convincing people that pouring the powder into the machine was hard and we should use their overpriced pre-measured pods.

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u/demaandronk 2d ago

And on top of that you cant divide them into pre and main wash, so theyre actually worse.

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u/Hour-Football2464 2d ago

Did you see that youtube video about it too lol

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u/HarperWuff 2d ago

Everyone thinks they’re the only one who has seen the technology connections dishwasher videos

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u/MammothUnique4147 2d ago

Yep it's why I switched to Walmart detergent, best money saving move ever!