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0 pointsraganwald12y ago0 comments

Your outrage is noted. I feel exactly the same way about the way highly admired companies around here behave, only they have nicer names for exploitation like "price discrimination" and "market segmentation" and "monetizing customers."

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PhasmaFelis12y ago· 1 in thread

So it's okay to lie to your customers and be an asshole as long as other people are doing it too.

raganwaldOP12y ago

No, that's not what I said. What I said was, I understand his outrage, and here's an example of where I feel it too. Empathy.

fennecfoxen12y ago

The universities have that one won hands-down: they call it "financial aid."

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