Proprietary Grapes Come With Draconian End User License Agreement
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“The recipient of the produce contained in this package agrees not to propagate or reproduce any portion of this produce, including ‘but not limited to’ seeds, stems, tissue, and fruit."

They did EULA on a grape.

But actually this is so fucking dystopian wtf

  • POKEMONGOTOTHEGULAG [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    So lemme get this right, they went through the trouble to engineer a sweeter grape but forgot to make them seedless?

    • Padacuw [any]
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      4 years ago

      The grapes themselves are actually seedless, according to the patent, the EULA is likely to stop people growing new grapes from the vine.

  • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Xi send the fucking nukes. Fruit with an EULA sounds like the preliminary notes for a Radiohead lyric, I don't know how much more late capitalism I can take.

  • ap1 [any,undecided]
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    4 years ago

    these people worked very hard inventing the grape - they deserve to be rewarded, using the grape's inherent biological ability to reproduce is ILLEGAL

  • ChapoBapo [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    You will respect my grape intellectual property 😤😤

    • Potap [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Haven't terminator seeds been a thing for quite some time?

    • joshuaism [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Monsanto has sued over cross-pollination. Monsanto has sued over using mixed seedcrop from a co-op as planting seeds. Monsanto will continue to sue even after being acquired by Bayer.

  • charles_xcx [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    every person I hung out with over the summer (which wasn't a lot because of covid) loved these cotton candy grapes and always made me try them. I never looked at the bag but I was always kinda suspicious of them, and it feels good to have my suspicions validated lol

  • Owl [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    You know what they say. Innovation is 1% inspiration, 99% coming up with some bullshit mechanism so that you and you alone profit from that inspiration.