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> TomTom explains that "lifetime" means the "useful life" of a device Not the lifetime they think it is, but the same "lifetime" that every manufacturer of pro
by oldcynic 9y ago
> TomTom explains that "lifetime" means the "useful life" of a device
Not the lifetime they think it is, but the same "lifetime" that every manufacturer of products uses. It's not like you're going to get a much longer life from a phone as they also turn off updates at some point.
What is a little surprising is people still haven't learnt to a) distrust all MarketingSpeak and b) Google before purchase to find out how long the "new" product has been out.
- nothrabannosir 9y ago> What is a little surprising is people still haven't learnt to a) distrust all MarketingSpeak… I hear you, it’s frustrating that companies keep getting away with this. On the other hand: people don’t live forever. There are many thousands of new people each day. Each of whom have to relearn all the unwritten rules of society, while tribal knowledge withers with every changing of the guard. This is an inherent inefficiency in a market free of regulations, where consumers learn whom and what to (dis)trust. I think, at some point, it’s more zen to accept certain behavioural quirks of the market as axioms and focus on how to work with them, instead of against them. Sorry for turning this into yet another anti libertarian rant :)