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A comment on It Ruined Everything’: Buy Now, Pay Later Drives Gen Z into Debt. Parent comment

Re:It Ruined Everything’: Buy Now, Pay Later Drives Gen Z in... by 7e on Saturday November 26, 2022 @11:11PM (#33760245)
Ah yes. “Guns don’t kill people, humans do.” This ignores the morality of predatory behavior and enablement.
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Re:It Ruined Everything’: Buy Now, Pay Later Drives Gen Z in... by ekianjo on Saturday November 26, 2022 @11:16PM (#33760275)
individual agency is still a thing no matter what.
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Re:It Ruined Everything’: Buy Now, Pay Later Drives Gen Z in... by schlauerfox on Sunday November 27, 2022 @01:32AM (#33760904)
then why do they spend so much on advertising. You're being reductive and enabling.
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Re:It Ruined Everything’: Buy Now, Pay Later Drives Gen Z in... by ekianjo on Sunday November 27, 2022 @05:58AM (#33762073)
Advertising only works on a minority of people who are naive. The other goal of advertising is to generate awareness. The more you teach people about the influence of ads the more agency they gain.
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