Week of September 11, 2023
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Finally, someone is standing up to product manufacturers that use shrinkflation on their products in order to pass on a sneaky price increase to shopppers. That someone is Carrefour, the second largest retail chain in France. They are going to flag items that have been downsized with bright orange stickers.
That is our Mouse Print* story this week.
He's been called the Vanilla Vigilante and probably even more unkind things by product manufacturers who he has sued after they misrepresented something on their food labels or in advertising. He's Spencer Sheehan (a contributor to Consumer World) who has single-handedly tried to help consumers confronted with these label lies. Here is his just-published New Yorker profile.
Cars have unmatched power to watch, listen, and collect information about what you do and where you go. The 25 brands of cars that Mozilla researched all collect too much personal data, and most of them share or sell it and give you little or no say in the matter. Here's how the various car brands stack up from bad to worst.
Last week, we made note that Google Chromebooks expire... who knew? Now Consumer Reports has five more things that have a limited lifespan.
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