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CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Nope. Someone got a patent on the idea in early days of microwave popcorn and they have effectively killed it by asking too high of a price to use.
But there are phone apps that will listen to the pop rate and tell you when it’s done.

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Blibittyblah@futurology.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
My god it does NOT need an app. It better be free.

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- snooggums@piefed.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  If someone can’t count a few seconds to know when to stop I don’t think they should be making popcorn.
  
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- CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Free. (But with in-app purchases) ;-)
  
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4am@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Patents only last 20 years. I’d be more concerned about when it expires and they actually have a plausible reason to put a listening device in your microwave

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