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   --break-system-packages (drunkenmadman@aus.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 09:31:49 JST --break-system-packages

   Remember when you could just buy a newspaper for like $1 at a shop?

   Imagine if you went to the newsagent and they were like “$25 please”

   “Huh? That’s steep”
   “Oh that gives you a month of access”
   “I don’t want a month of access, i want a newspaper”
   “We’ll also flyer your house every day”
   “I don’t care, I just want a newspaper. Today’s newspaper”
   “You also get access to our other newspapers in other towns”
   “I don’t care, I want a newspaper for here, today”
   “Oh it’s not just for today. It’s for a month. And three months after”
   “Wait, what happens after that, is that it over?”
   “LOL of course not. It’s $35 a month after that”
   “What? Why?”
   “Introductory offer. Also we’ll tell a bunch of other companies where you live and THEY’LL flyer you too”
   “Know what, it’s fine, I don’t need a paper”
   “I’ll send you a reminder in a week”
   “STOP. FFS”

   And they wonder why online news makes no money.

   • Minoru Saba repeated this.
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     Milcom Miasma (mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 09:31:50 JST Milcom Miasma

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     @drunkenmadman

     Denver Post: "We'd like to give you a month of Sundays FREE!"

     Me: "Okay send 'em along. I'd like 4 copies of last Sunday's issue please."

     DP: "Why would you want to read four copies of last Sunday's paper?"

     Me: "Oh I don't read your paper, it's crap. I use it to line the cat's liter box and I'm out of stock right now so could you hurry?"

     True story, and they never called me again.