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minus-squareWrathEnchanter@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoMord important question: Why do they all have their own system?
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoCost, Parts availability They’re building them out of cheap SBC with sd cards. It’s cheaper to put four economy SBC’s in than one computer that can handle 4 displays.
minus-squareseatwiggy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoor, hear me out, a backlit piece of paper
minus-squareAuth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agosorry to easy we’d rather go with a company that specializes in this task and charges a monthly subscription
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey did that for years. It’s a good servicable option. Of course, printing all those out and shipping them all over the world isn’t without cost. These can be animated. Ideally, they can have an attract mode to improve sales. Corporate can force the hand of small shops to put the flavors in they want to market. There are probably as many pros as there are cons. You’re 100% correct, they’re not necessary
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agowhat is my purpose? You show a Mt Dew ad at a single store in Ketchikan, AK
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m pretty sure its shopped because I’ve never seen a machine with actual displays in it for each flavor lol. They all use paper cut outs.
Mord important question: Why do they all have their own system?
Cost, Parts availability
They’re building them out of cheap SBC with sd cards.
It’s cheaper to put four economy SBC’s in than one computer that can handle 4 displays.
or, hear me out, a backlit piece of paper
sorry to easy we’d rather go with a company that specializes in this task and charges a monthly subscription
As is the way of marketing.
They did that for years. It’s a good servicable option.
Of course, printing all those out and shipping them all over the world isn’t without cost.
These can be animated. Ideally, they can have an attract mode to improve sales.
Corporate can force the hand of small shops to put the flavors in they want to market.
There are probably as many pros as there are cons.
You’re 100% correct, they’re not necessary
what is my purpose?You show a Mt Dew ad at a single store in Ketchikan, AK
I’m pretty sure its shopped because I’ve never seen a machine with actual displays in it for each flavor lol. They all use paper cut outs.