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by nickm12 4465 days ago
A minor difference between Dash and Cuecat: when the CueCat launched, approximately none percent of magazine ads had CueCat codes. When Dash launched approximately 98% of household consumable items had bar codes.

Yes, if you throw away your box for your granola bars, you might not have the bar code handy, but it was at least there when you bought it in the store.