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How Bodega typifies Silicon Valley’s cultural ignorance

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39 points pmcpinto | 1 comments | 20 Sep 17 08:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Eridrus ◴[20 Sep 17 11:09 UTC] No.15292426[source]▶
This is basically a fancy vending machine, so I'm not really clear on why this got funded, but on the other hand vending machines are a thing. They don't actually seem to be trying to displacement bodegas from the get go, but rather putting their machines in upscale places like lobbies and gyms, but I'm still a bit confused by this whole thing, is the premise that these places are more likely to accept a pretty vending machine?
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1. smudgymcscmudge ◴[20 Sep 17 11:22 UTC] No.15292501[source]▶
This article is the first and only thing I’ve read about Bodega, and I the same thought as you.

You can do ok running vending machines, but it isn’t any kind of disruptive business. I wonder what kind of spin they put on Bodega to sell it to investors.