Oh so we make crappy shit that breaks down all the time to convince you not to buy it, then when we have you on the forever payment plan, we make good shit that doesn’t break.
Yes, and in the forever payment scenario they will pass on the savings (from longer-lasting products) to the customer. If we fall for this sales pitch we deserve to get hosed.
Bingo. She uses cell phones as an example of a product that many people lease instead of owning. Are cell phones built to last? And how do people treat items they lease instead of own?
And the biggest use of the cell phone is a GPS tracking, thought following, blackmail harvesting, individual ID marking, spy device for the Intelligence Communities to know everything they need to know to arrest and lock up dissenters. They use them to blackmail politicians, business leaders, church leaders, community leaders, and everyone else with influence or not.
And we pay for this tracking and data harvesting. We give away our rights when we sign their terms of service.
Most people, not most people here, have no idea what they've given away by signing up for a cell phone and downloading all the "free apps" they use everyday.
Oh so we make crappy shit that breaks down all the time to convince you not to buy it, then when we have you on the forever payment plan, we make good shit that doesn’t break.
These assholes are so manipulative.
Yes, and in the forever payment scenario they will pass on the savings (from longer-lasting products) to the customer. If we fall for this sales pitch we deserve to get hosed.
Bingo. She uses cell phones as an example of a product that many people lease instead of owning. Are cell phones built to last? And how do people treat items they lease instead of own?
And the biggest use of the cell phone is a GPS tracking, thought following, blackmail harvesting, individual ID marking, spy device for the Intelligence Communities to know everything they need to know to arrest and lock up dissenters. They use them to blackmail politicians, business leaders, church leaders, community leaders, and everyone else with influence or not.
And we pay for this tracking and data harvesting. We give away our rights when we sign their terms of service.
Most people, not most people here, have no idea what they've given away by signing up for a cell phone and downloading all the "free apps" they use everyday.
As they say...