Won’t anyone think of the children poor Apple, Boeing, Nike, & Starbucks? How will they survive?

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If you can’t find it used or local, use eBay!

About half the time I try that, the seller just buys it from walmart/amazon and has it drop shipped to me. So I’m not sure how much good that does.

“Pokable” was my first hope too, but it doesn’t look so.

Just trading one scroll wheel for another. “Surely the next channel won’t be another crazy preacher.” (It was).

That article got pulled quick.

OK

They aren’t in the business of selling laptops. Even if you pay for it they are still out time and resources.

Edit: But the post I was replying to was suggesting lieing (by omission) to the library, which is a shitty thing to do.

So buy one from walmart/amazon and return it when your done. Don’t potentially fuck over your local library, one of the few remaining bastions of public service, when TSA decides it’s suspiciously clean (and/or finds probable traces from the person that had it before you).

Well, my original question stands. Is it really a better business decision to choose not to sell at all vs raising prices.

I run a US business where the cost of materials has always been volatile and the cost of the end product follows that. 40% swings aren’t uncommon and just get passed onto the end user; my profit stays relatively the same. So I can’t fathom just locking the doors when things get expensive (and people are still willing to pay it).

I could understand it if they were doing it as some form of protest, but then it doesn’t make sense to only stop selling the low priced options. That’s just hurting the people furthest removed from what you are protesting.

Your public library allows you take their loaner laptops out of the country?

But like that article says, automakers have ~3 months of inventory already in the US. They aren’t pausing sales, they are just continuing selling what they have here while betting the tariffs get lowered before they run out.

How is pausing sales in one area, rather than just raising prices accordingly, the better business decision? No one is forcing them to sell at a specific price point.

K. I’ll just wait for the 8bitdo clone.

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If you are using the web client can you go to: settings -> blocks -> Block community, and block it from there?

I would almost accept AI accelerating humanity’s downfall if it could get us neutral, non-religious, non-prejudiced doctors & therapists for a while.

Is there a lemmy equivalent for HydroHomies?

I think you’re misreading my reply (or i worded it poorly). I agree with you 100% and do contribute to the instances I use and the content creators I watch.

I meant it as “So what if they ask for help? Do, or don’t (donate)”

The initial post came off to me as a dig at the admin for openly asking for money.