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You have made the assumption that the sellers are desperate. Do you have evidence for that?
by travisoneill1 8y ago
You have made the assumption that the sellers are desperate. Do you have evidence for that?
- joshstrange 8y agoI was replying to the parent of my comment > For some people this money could be incredibly important. So I took this to mean "desperate enough" as in there are scales/levels of "desperate"-ness. Maybe desperate is the wrong word and the "enough" modifier wasn't obvious in my meaning. Maybe a better way to put it: Are we, as a society, ok with people needing $20 more than their privacy? I was trying to convey that I imagine I would have to be pretty desperate to give up my privacy for $20/mo.
- travisoneill1 8y agoFirst of all I doubt that most people who go into this have a feeling of desperation, especially not the teenagers that are targeted. (I do sort of have an issue with the targeting, though when I think about it, I bet that teenagers actually understand what they are giving up better than 50 year olds). So I would rephrase that as "are we, as a society, ok with people _wanting_ $20 more than privacy", to which my answer is yes. I guess I would have a problem if it were desperation, but then I don't think that in this sense being "desperate" for $20 off a smart phone plan is correct usage of the term.