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[bmitc]

Popcorn even comes with instructions to not use the popcorn button.

[xboxnolifes → bmitc]

Only because popcorn manufacturers don't want the quality of their popcorn to be judged by the quality of your specific microwave's popcorn button implementation. They have no control over how it's implemented.

[bmitc → xboxnolifes]

Yea, I was emphasizing the point that most microwave buttons are unneeded.

[xboxnolifes → bmitc]

But the button isn't bad. On most microwaves it probably even works well. Of course, if you rarely eat popcorn it's probably an unnecessary extra button.

[pdimitar → bmitc]

That figures, my new microwave somehow thinks 90 seconds is perfect for popcorn while the one I am buying requires like 3m 30s.

[Sohcahtoa82 → pdimitar]

Technology Connections did a great video on the Popcorn button and why it sucks on most microwaves.

https://youtu.be/Limpr1L8Pss