I’m talking about stuff thats frequently advertised on podcasts and other episodes of online series like “8sleep” (no idea how its spelled) or AthleticGreens or LiquidIV etc

Edit: is it banned to mention actual names, if not just message person if credible

    • merari42@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      Also got them, but never knew they advertised. Got expensive designer glasses from a small German shop, but needed some replacement for traveling and something for sports with my new measurements. So I ordered something cheap of Zenni. My replacement glasses were 50€ glassesvfrom Zenni that I liked more than the expensive ones in the end. So now I am mostly wearing those.

    • Hegar@fedia.io
      9·
      5 months ago

      I’ve not heard them advertised, but my partner gets constant compliments on like 5+ different pairs of Zenni frames, plus they’re super cheap even with prescription lenses.

    • Wolf314159@startrek.website
      2·
      5 months ago

      Congratulations on having a normal sized head. NONE of their eyeglasses are big enough to fit around my melon. And no, it’s not fat getting in the way, just my skull. Tall people have large skulls, go figure. You’d think that an online store would be able to stock more variety in sizing. Overall, I wanted to like them, but I cannot where anything they sell except sunglasses, which oddly enough come in larger sizes. At least the optometrist can put regular lens in sunglasses frames to accommodate my apparently freakish proportions, but neither Zenni nor that other one will.

  • Caboose12000@lemmy.world
    231·
    5 months ago

    Proton Mail and VPN. I saw them advertised a lot when I was first getting into Linux, and it seemed like a great way to start the arduous task of degoogling my life. Its been several months now and my only complaint is setting up the VPN on Linux desktop, it works great on android ootb and the email and calandar service have everything I need. I can even easily share calandar invites with my wife who is still on google everything

    • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
      81·
      5 months ago

      Ive really wanted to make the switch for a while now. I just dread updating all online services to the new mail… How bad was that in your opinion?

      • polarbearulove@lemmy.world
        11·
        5 months ago

        Not OP but I’ve recently made the switch to Proton. You can set up a forward from your old mail provider to Proton, and then it’s just a case of going through things one by one to change them, but all your email will still be in one place. You can also import all your historic email in the background.

        I just went through my password manager to identify which services were most important to me to proactively switch them over, which took a couple of hours. Now I just check emails that come in and whether they were sent to my Google address or Proton address, and from ther either switch them or unsubscribe from their mailing list.

        So yeah it’s not effortless or anything, but it’s probably not as bad as you’re thinking.

        • subtext@lemmy.world
          6·
          5 months ago

          Also, since Google is free, you can just keep it open forever on the off chance that you miss something (which you almost certainly did), and then like the above person said, just doing it slowly over time. Takes a while but you don’t have to do it all in one sitting.

          Though I would recommend getting a personal domain and using that with Proton (or literally anyone else at that point). That way you never have to update emails with services again since you can just port from one provider to another.

      • SSTF@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 months ago

        It is a conversation subject at job interviews for some reason. Gmail and outlook are so ubiquitous that having something else seems to really jump out at people.

  • spookex@lemmy.world
    7·
    5 months ago

    My Hansen razor, bought it over a year ago because the cheap plastic safety razor got too annoying to use and I remembered the ad.

    Didn’t spend extra for the titanium version and got the aluminium instead.

    It’s not my main way of shaving since I bought an electric shaver few months ago to do it in less than 5 minutes in the morning, but I have kept it for when I want to actually get everything shaved and the large pack of blades should last me a decade with my usage

  • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    5 months ago

    Grip6 belts. Waited awhile until they had a Father’s Day sale a year ago to buy a simple black one with a honeycomb buckle. That thing is now my everyday belt. I now have 3 belts, 4 buckles, and have 3 more belt/buckle coming from Prime Day.

    • Addition1291@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      Second these. I got one 5 years ago and it’s still in great condition after daily use. No other belts have held up like that.

  • Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world
    13·
    5 months ago

    Backblaze, it’s a personal cloud backup solution that just works in the background. I don’t have to manage a backup protocol, I get an offsite backup, and it’s cheaper than trying to let a file sharing service like Dropbox or Google do my backups.

  • weariedfae@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 months ago

    I actually liked Factor and heard about it from a podcast. It worked really well for me but I didn’t keep it more than a few months because it is so expensive. If I lived alone or made more money I’d do it again.

  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
    12·
    5 months ago

    I kinda like Magic Spoon cereal. It sticks to your teeth and has artificial sweetener (allulose) but it’s pretty tasty and very low carb and comes in lots of fun flavors. I currently have the Fruit Loops flavored one. Was all over youtube a while back.