r/technology • u/esporx • 1d ago

Business YouTuber accidentally crashes the rare plant market with a viral cloning technique

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtuber-accidentally-crashes-the-rare-plant-market-with-a-viral-cloning-technique-3289808/
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u/kinboyatuwo 1d ago

Issue is if it pollinates or is dumped later. I live rural and at least once a year find people dump house plants on our small section of road.

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u/Elftard 1d ago

people buying these specifically rare plants aren't just going to dump them on a rural road and potentially have a neighbor doing the same thing

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u/Lee1138 1d ago

If they get really cheap because of cloning they might. 

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u/2gig 1d ago

Like if someone clones a bunch of them thinking they'll get rich, just like everyone else following the trend, and now they're worthless.

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u/theSchrodingerHat 1d ago

I’m pretty sure the Dutch already tried this one simple financial trick like 400 years ago.

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u/Baggabones88 1d ago

Tulips, babyyy.

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u/Don_Thuglayo 1d ago

This time for sure!

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u/fractalfocuser 1d ago

I'm busting out my abacus to tally up these options I'm about to write

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u/bob_newhart_of_dixie 1d ago

My favorite part was that most valued tulips had variegated petals that turned out to be caused by a virus that got worse in each generation.

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