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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 81 points 5 months ago (20 children)

So, advertising the things I have already bought? Not sure thats gonna be super successful...

[–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Amazon has done that for the past 2 decades and it has somehow worked.

[–] elvith@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 5 months ago (6 children)

We noticed you bought a fridge yesterday. Are you interested in these fridges, too?

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps more like what fridge companies do via incessant water filter replacement reminders: Enjoying your Super Deluxe CoolPlus™ Fridge? Don't forget to check out the CoolPlus™ Fridge Magnetic Spice Rack and CoolPlus™ Fridge Juice Dispenser Add-on!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also enjoy your device randomly breaking every few years.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At some point the bigwigs will realize that a working item is worth more in future potential ad dollars than a broken one with a limited 1 year warranty and start asking their engineers why quality is so bad.

/The screams of 1,000 poor souls per second for 50 years

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

They did that like 60 years ago. Then they stopped.

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