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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by DayOfDoom@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

And looking for reasons to buy new versions of things: phones, laptops, gaming devices, etc. Bonus points if they're on the edge of not being able to afford it at all.

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[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not quite the same thing, but my FIL tends to put zero research into buying new tech items and gets easily sold on whatever hunk of crap the Best Buy salesperson is pushing on them. Which leads to a lot of cheap crap that breaks down after a few years. The most confounding part is this is someone who was a high-powered tech CEO back in the 90’s, and it’s like “how the fuck did you get anything done in those jobs?”

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 51 points 9 months ago

CEO

There's your answer

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