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I don't agree at all. Profiting from people who can afford stupid only encourages stupid. Then we end up with stupid being promoted as what people want because

I don't agree at all. Profiting from people who can afford stupid only encourages stupid. Then we end up with stupid being promoted as what people want because it's profitable.

krapp 7y ago
>Profiting from people who can afford stupid only encourages stupid. Then we end up with stupid being promoted as what people want because it's profitable. Welcome to startup country.
kolbe 7y ago
> Profiting from people who can afford stupid only encourages stupid. How? It would seem like a disincentive to being "stupid" (naive is a better word for it).
- inetknght 7y ago
  How, exactly, would that be a disincentive to being stupid? Customer gets what they pay for and provider gets free money. Where's the disincentive here?
- panic 7y ago
  How people live isn't entirely their own decision -- it's also determined by the world they're a part of. We've given profit-seeking systems a lot of control over how this world is structured.
calvinmorrison 7y ago
Only people who can afford to be stupid are stupid. You're right. People who can't afford, or otherwise choose to be frugal don't tend to fall into these traps. You'll find people who study consumer reports, read up on several companies before purchasing big products, weigh the costs and benefits of different insurance companies, phone plans, etc, frequently. It's good financial sense. Some people do not want to put the time and effort into learning about household things. And sometimes that's OK. Even consumers who are aware of routers being rented probably don't view they are "losing $150 yearly" to Comcast or Verizon - it's a convenience for them and allows their ISP to manage upgrades, replacements, and allows lower techs for those ISPs who do house calls to debug a router (since it's what they are trained on). Sure, run your own home cloud, but i bet the article doesn't say "consumers losing X a year because they subscribe to Dropbox" or "X a year because they pay for website hosting", when they could use a free host like github for basic html files.
- inetknght 7y ago
  > Only people who can afford to be stupid are stupid. You're right. No, I didn't say "only people who can afford to be stupid are stupid".

I don't agree at all. Profiting from people who can afford stupid only encourages stupid. Then we end up with stupid being promoted as what people want because it's profitable.

krapp 7y ago

>Profiting from people who can afford stupid only encourages stupid. Then we end up with stupid being promoted as what people want because it's profitable. Welcome to startup country.

kolbe 7y ago

> Profiting from people who can afford stupid only encourages stupid. How? It would seem like a disincentive to being "stupid" (naive is a better word for it).

inetknght 7y ago
How, exactly, would that be a disincentive to being stupid? Customer gets what they pay for and provider gets free money. Where's the disincentive here?
panic 7y ago
How people live isn't entirely their own decision -- it's also determined by the world they're a part of. We've given profit-seeking systems a lot of control over how this world is structured.

calvinmorrison 7y ago

Only people who can afford to be stupid are stupid. You're right. People who can't afford, or otherwise choose to be frugal don't tend to fall into these traps. You'll find people who study consumer reports, read up on several companies before purchasing big products, weigh the costs and benefits of different insurance companies, phone plans, etc, frequently. It's good financial sense. Some people do not want to put the time and effort into learning about household things. And sometimes that's OK. Even consumers who are aware of routers being rented probably don't view they are "losing $150 yearly" to Comcast or Verizon - it's a convenience for them and allows their ISP to manage upgrades, replacements, and allows lower techs for those ISPs who do house calls to debug a router (since it's what they are trained on). Sure, run your own home cloud, but i bet the article doesn't say "consumers losing X a year because they subscribe to Dropbox" or "X a year because they pay for website hosting", when they could use a free host like github for basic html files.

inetknght 7y ago
> Only people who can afford to be stupid are stupid. You're right. No, I didn't say "only people who can afford to be stupid are stupid".