• Joe Cool@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    You just need someone to do it. Here in Austria someone did it: https://heisse-preise.io

    It’s only in German and most of the prices aren’t from a public API but crawled from different sources.
    It’s open source. Nothing except greed is stopping them from providing something like this.

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      5 months ago

      Imagine if instead of building their own bespoke systems, grocery stores (and other places) created an open source software foundation and worked together to produce the software they needed.

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        5 months ago

        I sometimes dream of such things. Less waste, better inventory, customers get to choose inventory based on their wishlist, better prices, then I wake up.

        We actually have a small liquor store nearby that really puts stuff on the shelves if you casually mention something you like. But that’s more the exception than the rule.

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      5 months ago

      That’s impressive, and honestly looks like it was quite a bit of work. I wonder how the author finances himself? There doesn’t even seem to be a donation button on the site. I found a lengthy article on Wired but it doesn’t appear to mention how he can afford to do all of this for free.

      It’s open source. Nothing except greed is stopping them from providing something like this.

      Nothing is stopping anyone from doing this except the amount of work it takes to write and maintain all those data import scripts. I think greed is the wrong word here. It’s not unreasonable to expect some sort of monetary reward for providing a useful public service that actually helps people save money. Everyone’s gotta eat, right?