Exactly. It was also that trade in program that was their undoing.
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SuperIce@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You conveniently blocked the part of the sticker saying what they mean by “never obsolete” with the red circle. IIRC, they gave you a massive discount to trade in your computer every 2 years for the latest model, so you were always up to date. Kinda like phones now.
ShustOne@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Every “trade in and get the latest” has always failed imo.
Either the company ends up being bankrupt. Or the company realizes they really f’d up and the upgrade ends up costing more than it normally.
Source:
I was part of a few of them over the last 10 years. Phones. Tablets. Laptops. Tvs. I did it because I always thought this time, it’ll work out.
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Still a total lie to say that this computer is never obsolete.
Patrizsche@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I guess it’s just a shit post idk
SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
On lemmy?