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The German-language social platform Lemmy’s c/dach community has been buzzing about “HofDeal,” an app meant to connect local farm stands with customers. Users raised eyebrows at the fact that you need to register an account just to find a nearby farm stand, and the thread lit up further when someone revealed that the app cost €20,000 to develop — despite apparently being little more than a WebView wrapper around a website. The discussion also branched into whether shopping around at multiple farm stands is actually more efficient or eco-friendly than just going to a supermarket.
HofDeal: An app connecting local farm stands with customers
Source: heise.de / Original article here
What people said
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Apps like HofDeal, which connect farmers’ direct-sale stands with consumers, are part of a broader trend seen in various countries aimed at cutting out middlemen and putting more money in producers’ pockets. What split opinion in the thread was whether hopping between multiple farm stands is actually more eco-friendly than a single trip to the supermarket — with some arguing that visiting several locations is simply less efficient, while others countered that it’s a non-issue if you can just bike there locally. It’s also worth noting that the claim about the app costing €20,000 to develop and ending up as nothing more than a WebView (a bare-bones setup that just displays a website) comes from an individual poster’s comment, not an officially confirmed figure or breakdown.
*This article is a condensed, editorially translated summary of the thread “HofDeal: App vernetzt Kunden mit Hofläden in der Region” from the overseas forum Lemmy c/dach. Responsibility for the translation rests with this site.
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