Reminds me of something I heard back in 'zine times. “The trick is not to ignore the mainstream, but to selectively raid it for things we can use.” -Mike Gunderloy. The resources are there, so go ahead and use them – just do it on your own terms, consciously. I don’t have Amazon Prime, but when my elderly relative needed a safety device and I could only find it on Amazon, you bet I got it from there.
I use affirm pretty often and usually there are options where you extend the term a few months but add interest. Haven’t paid interest cause I have that luxury but being able to extend large purchases over 2-3 months without interest is amazing.
Sounds to me like they’re waiting for people to get used to this model for every purchase before they quietly add interest.
ikr this is literally step 1 of enshittification.
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Reminds me of something I heard back in 'zine times. “The trick is not to ignore the mainstream, but to selectively raid it for things we can use.” -Mike Gunderloy. The resources are there, so go ahead and use them – just do it on your own terms, consciously. I don’t have Amazon Prime, but when my elderly relative needed a safety device and I could only find it on Amazon, you bet I got it from there.
I use affirm pretty often and usually there are options where you extend the term a few months but add interest. Haven’t paid interest cause I have that luxury but being able to extend large purchases over 2-3 months without interest is amazing.