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[โ€“] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

If anything the taller cylinder will use more aluminum for the same volume, so they're kinda shooting themselves in the foot here with aluminum and steel tariffs, lol

Seems pretty clear the only reason for this was to change the price without as many people noticing.

[โ€“] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Regular cans are somewhat inefficient shapes as well, shorter and fatter would be more economical, but less ergonomical and for once that won out, for a while anyway. Now we get designed by marketing instead.