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What are you surprised that people pay for, when there are free alternatives in existence? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 5 months ago by Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was going through my Wal-Mart+ subscription plan that I got for free and I saw their offers. One of which was EMeals, that was a 60-day trial. I thought that this was like Blue Apron or other meal delivery services so I thought I'd take a crack at it and hope that it would get me on a path to eat better.

Turns out, it's just a meal planner. And it's absurd to me why and how would anyone pay for something when there are countless and countless recipes and meal planners readily available for free. Who'd the fuck would want to pay for a planner? That's like paying for a calendar app.

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[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 9 points 5 months ago

Ad-free internet stuff.

Computer Operating Systems

A lot of Software actually

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

(Conditionally) journals, studies and some books. And, for that matter, most television, film and music.

Particularly when paying is not supporting the creator, only the publisher.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Porn

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 months ago

If you have specific interests it’s sometimes helpful.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Streaming services esp for millennials considering most of fnem have the know how for sailing the high sees.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

I agree but also you'd be surprised how many actually piggy backed off a friend. I know because in my circle of friends-acquaintances of about 60 people in high school only 1 other besides me was actually competent enough with technology to the point of trying to pirate. Everyone else just got burnt cds and usb sticks from us.

To this day when I meet other millennials there's honestly more tech illiterate than not and I think it's the small but vocal minority that exist on places like this and reddit that carry the stereotype that all millennials are good at technology.

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