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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Consumers are not dumb, they're just nearly powerless.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Very untrue. Consumers have the power to buy far cheaper Android phones where they have far more freedoms, but not only do the majority of American consumers refuse to do this, they voluntarily and systematically shame those who do.

Statistically, Most American consumers are pretty dumb and act against their own interests

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