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What are you surprised that people pay for, when there are free alternatives in existence? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 days ago by Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was going through my Wal-Mart+ subscription plan that I got for free and I saw their offers. One of which was EMeals, that was a 60-day trial. I thought that this was like Blue Apron or other meal delivery services so I thought I'd take a crack at it and hope that it would get me on a path to eat better.

Turns out, it's just a meal planner. And it's absurd to me why and how would anyone pay for something when there are countless and countless recipes and meal planners readily available for free. Who'd the fuck would want to pay for a planner? That's like paying for a calendar app.

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[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's not the point. You're buying a pc, it comes with it and sometimes costs extra.

This sub is about what's surprising things people buy. Buying an OS is surprising, because it's either part of the package deal for a new pc, or you can just use linux.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think what you are trying to say is "buying an OS not as part of a package deal is surprising". To that I would agree.

But most people are buying an OS as part of a package deal, so most purchases of an OS are not surprising.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not "trying" to say anything lol. OP said operating systems. I'm talking about operating systems. Not a pc that is packaged with one.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I'm talking about operating systems. Not a pc that is packaged with one.

So yes, looks like I correctly understood what you are trying to say, and agree with you that buying a standalone operating system is weird. But nobody does that.

Looks like you consider buying something in a bundle to not be buying it, which is a valid opinion, though myself I disagree. Most OS purchases happen in a bundle with a PC, and every time I bought a laptop I asked for Windows to be removed from the bundle, which made it cheaper a bit (as I was going to install Linux anyway). If removing Windows from the bundle is making it cheaper, then clearly you were buying it and paying for it for when you don't, as most people do.