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What is something really stupid you purchased that turned out far better than expected? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RanchOnPancakes to c/asklemmy

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I bought a piece of 1.5 inch stiff foam to try to fix a sag in a bed. It didn't work but having that thick piece of solid foam around has been a life saver.

Need something flat to put a laptop on? Throw it on the foam. Going to be doing something that requires you to be on your knees for a while? Get the foam!

It went from stupid purchase to something I'd gladly replace if it broke.

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[–] FunnyUsername 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get sleep data, but you get more sleep data with premium. If you don't have premium, it completely hides the area from you where the new charts are and the only way to see them is to dig up your past premium data. But even then you can only see for months that you had access to premium, it doesn't give you the data if you don't pay, despite it constantly taking all the same readings as normal.

I suppose it's not technically true they're keeping your data from you. What they're actually doing is refusing to crunch additional numbers for you and show you nice graphs for them if you don't pay. Normally this wouldn't bug me, but since it's already taking all my data and and since I know crunching those numbers doesn't cost 10$ a month when I already paid 150$ for it to do exactly what they're trying to charge me more for it to do...well, now I'm just rambling 😄 it bugs me is all, and I'd gladly try another manufacturer if I could find something more competitive.

I'm already on my 4th Fitbit in 6 years from them breaking (one of them the screen separated from the device. Just peeled out), so I don't exactly have confidence in their build quality anyways.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see. Well I'll drop premium when my free trial is over and see if I feel like I'm missing anything.

I really hate subscriptions...

[–] FunnyUsername 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever read Ubik?

Give it another 10 years and the refrigerators are gunna have us tapping our phones to get some milk.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I hate it.