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Cable company logic: "Our predatory anti-consumer practices are really pro-consumer" (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Will anyone actually buy this argument?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Me, the cable company: "If you don't let me charge people an assortment of fines and fees after they've signed up for service, then I'll increase our base rate before they sign up."

Consumers, looking at the high price of cable: "Fuck, I can't afford this. Guess I won't sign up."

Me, the cable company: "Regulations are destroying my business!!!"

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Right? Gosh forbid we stop them from tricking people into spending money they don't have. That would be un-American.