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So anyway, I'm radicalized, rule (slrpnk.net)

submitted 8 months ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] DuckOverload@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Uh, or just don't get one? This is a stand-alone product with an unconventional business model. It's not like they're forcing it on anyone.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

Marketing safety equipment subscriptions specifically to people who can't afford to buy that equipment outright, and then disabling it when they fail to make a payment (because you're specifically targeting the demographic most likely to miss payments) is a great way to kill poor people, and this individual business should absolutely get the shit they get for doing it

[-] Draugnoss@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

So it's better to not have an option for poor people at all I guess?

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Poor people do have options. Better options, in fact. There are mechanical airbag vests that cost about $700, and don't use proprietary CO2 carts. If you can afford this subscription for 2 years, you can afford a better vest. Helite has no way of disabling the vests you get from them.

Hot take: if you can afford $400 plus $12 a month, you can afford to save up another $300 for a device that doesn't use a battery and that the company can't ever disable