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this doesn’t surprise me at all, and for a very simple reason: this being a zero-sum game, it’s inevitable that consumers lose money on this proposition because
by qubex 7y ago
this doesn’t surprise me at all, and for a very simple reason: this being a zero-sum game, it’s inevitable that consumers lose money on this proposition because otherwise it wouldn’t be profitable for them and they wouldn’t do it.
- minikites 7y agoThat's capitalism!
- sparkie 7y agoIt's not a zero-sum game. The consumer benefits by not having to spend their time doing research and configuring routers they buy themselves. If there is sufficient margin in installing and configuring routers for individual consumers, then why are there not competing businesses which do specifically this? Have you not identified a market gap? Perhaps the margins are actually quite low, and it's not really a business, but just an extra revenue stream for an existing business model - providing the internet connection. Most consumers are happy to pay the money simply because they want convenience, and also, because they're getting "credit," by paying off the router in instalments rather than a lump sum.