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    [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    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.

    [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    what is my purpose?

    You show a Mt Dew ad at a single store in Ketchikan, AK

    [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

    Oh GOD, can't I pass some butter?

    [–] seatwiggy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    or, hear me out, a backlit piece of paper

    [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

    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

    [–] Auth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    sorry to easy we'd rather go with a company that specializes in this task and charges a monthly subscription

    [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

    As is the way of marketing.