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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by BurningFrog on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @07:58PM (#37759159)
The time to shop for emergency services is obviously before you need them. typically though some kind of insurance.

Maybe that is not legally possible where you are, but there is nothing inherent about emergency services resulting in extortionate pricing.

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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by KerrAvon on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @08:02PM (#37759208)
Where in the world are you that you get to choose your emergency services provider? Certainly not the USA.
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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by BlueTemplar on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @03:43AM (#37762098)
While discussion is specifically about the USA, it's worth noting that for each of these two problems, there exist plenty of places in the world that don't have one or even both of them.
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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by BurningFrog on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @11:50AM (#37766943)
I'm talking about how societies can be organized, not claiming that US society in October 2023 is organized that way.
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