Comment on NEVER OBSOLETE
dontsayaword@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Even when these first came out you had to know it was silly
Comment on NEVER OBSOLETE
dontsayaword@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Even when these first came out you had to know it was silly
TimeNaan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think this was a programme where they would upgrade/replace your setup for free every year or so.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s right. There’s an insightful blog article if you want to learn the full story.
You could get your PC upgraded for $99 if you also bought 24 months of dial-up Internet service through them. But you had to pay shipping both ways, and be out the use of your computer while you did it! So I don’t imagine almost anyone took them up on the offer - meaning that really it was a carefully crafted almost-scam.
That said, their machines were very competitively priced even without the deal and really disrupted the incumbents, making them good value machines even if you didn’t take them up on the “never obsolete” offer.