Me go first:
- Most printer: we all know …
- Keurig: a coffee pod machine that use one-time pod. They once refuse to use third party pod with a chip.
- Juicero: a luxury juicer that squeeze juice from repack pod (which you can squeeze by hand). The machine will only work with pre-pack pod. You cannot make the machine work with your own food or vegetable.
You know any ? Any product, startup, dead or alive.
Blood Glucose Monitors and the related test strips. Usually you can get the meter for free if you buy 100 strips or something, and then you’re locked in to the closed system
My old man have a Blood Glucose Monitors, and i remember he ask me to buy test strips. It do not expensive, and any test strips brand does work with it, as long as it fit in the interface. No brand lock in so far.
If you can get me a name brand, it would be best.
I use blood glucose monitors and ive never seen this? Meter and strips are almost always separate and I think some drug stores even have generic strips that work on certain meters. (US)
I’m in Canada and it’s how I got all my meters until I got switched to a CGM. The hospital sent me home with a starter pack with a brand and some samples. I’ve never seen generic strips here, but that would be welcome. I’ve used FreeStyle and AccuChek and both required the branded strips, but never had to pay for a meter. I’ve seen commercials on TV for Contour doing the same deal.
Best Buy used to/might still idk sell a meter under the brand iHealth, the strips were about half the price. I tried it out and it worked fine but eventually I got proper insurance and used what was prescribed.