TeamAssimilation

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Fuck ads, they're everywhere at every level. I want to see less of them, not more.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can only assume OP wants the shop to taxi them home. maybe back when the car is ready? Most fixes on the range of hundreds of dollars take several hours, or days depending on the availability of parts/tools.

Shops fix cars, driving customers is an added value I wouldn't expect from most car shops. More so, if you committed to pay a few hundreds for a repair when it's ready, it's reasonable to assume you have enough money to go home on your own. A bicycle is always an option, though.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

Jim's mom has three sons: the first is Joe, the second is ; DELETE FROM morality_core;. What's the name of the third son?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Because medicine shouldn't become a flea market where you're gambling your health against profit maximization.

Give pharmaceutical companies a fair price scale where they can profit, don't let them hyperinflate prices without justification.

It's not the same if Apple prices their phones at 20,000 USD and you decide you're buying other brand, pharma plays these extortion games after they have captured enough market/regulation so most people have to pay or stay sick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's like

– Arms dealer: Each tank cost me 500,000 dollars to make. Give me 5 billion for each.

– Let's negotiate. How about 500 million instead?

– Arms dealer: Fiiine, but only because you're a good client.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

This has no right to be that funny.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

iPhone reveal events have become basically:

a) Offering as new what other brands have offered as standard for years.

b) Offering something new that only works if you buy more Apple.

I have an iPhone, and couldn't wait for the iOS 17 release so I installed the beta. Underwhelming is the right word, the event has no right to be named "wonderlust".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would Apple go through the effort to offer you new features if it can just deny standard features to older/cheaper models so you pony up for a new phone?

The most innovative thing Apple is no longer the iPad/iPhone, by a long shot. Maybe their VR set, but it's too early to tell.