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Why is it my responsibility as a consumer to know that "forever is a word that should never be expected to hold", rather than the business's responsibility to k
by Mordisquitos 3y ago
Why is it my responsibility as a consumer to know that "forever is a word that should never be expected to hold", rather than the business's responsibility to know that "forever is a word that should never be [promised if it cannot] be expected to hold"?
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoI guess my eyesight must be failing me, or my reading comprehension and memory because I keep looking through what I said and I don't see a mention of responsibility anywhere. I would say it's not any consumer's responsibility to know that but when it does not hold it may be expected that the cynics who did not expect it to hold point sideways and chuckle because believing "forever" when you hear it is a bit too doe-eyed with wonder, even though you should probably be recompensed in some way.
- Mordisquitos 3y agoFair enough. I understood the "forever should never be expected to hold" to be justifying the use of the word by businesses which do not necessarily intend to follow through, rather than a cynical resigned acceptance of the fact that they probably won't. In other words, I thought you were expressing the idea that businesses offering "forever" and then pulling back are not to be held accountable because that's business, rather than what (I now think) you meant, that was that one should never trust a business ostensibly offering something "forever".