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Re:MIT and Harvard agree to transfer edX to ed-tech firm 2U by musicale on Thursday July 01, 2021 @08:58PM (#27706795)
It's the false time urgency trick, aka "today only!"

Similar to the false inventory scarcity trick "only 1 left at this price!"

Note to MIT and Harvard: when you start adopting the deceptive sales tricks of used-car salesmen and dubious infomercials, you're probably doing it wrong.

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