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by thoroughburro 212 days ago
When you like something and want it to succeed, it’s discouraging to see that thing waste its resources. Especially if you contributed those resources.

I never understood how this very simple position flies over certain heads.

2 comments

It sounds like the issue is that you see your payment as a donation, and don't believe the service in and of itself is worth what you pay?
Sort of? You want the thing to exist long-term, so if they're using my monthly payment on bad business decisions then yeah I care because then it won't exist anymore, and I could have spent that money on a more responsible company in the meantime.
There’s a difference between disagreeing with a marketing stunt, and saying "I stopped using them because of that". But I guess that also flew over our heads, dumb as we are.