I’m neutral about this. The only downside I can see is that we won’t have vials to reuse.
A change I would like: label packages with the package date, rather than the expiration date which is pretty meaningless. Sure, you can subtract 4 months from the expiration date, but why not just provide a meaningful date on the package.
At the very least it will save White Labs shipping costs. I’m assuming these are way lighter than the tubes; possibly also cheaper to produce. I’m sure the quality will be the same.
It might make yeast alittle cheaper too. I’m sure that the new packing cost a lot less compared to the vials. Not that yeast is expensive but penny pinching here and there adds up