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Re:Google Pixel 9 Pro by acchow on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @03:50PM (#41239034)
> It blows me away that people will spend $1k for a phone when there are good options for $500 or less

Wait till you see how people spend $60k on a car when there are perfectly good options for $30k.

And people also spend much more time with their phones than in their cars.

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Re:Google Pixel 9 Pro by georgeecollins on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @04:00PM (#41239157)
I don't disagree but.. 1) To me there is a lot more variety in cars than phones. An SUV is very different then a sports car or some luxury car. Phones vary a lot in OS (but people don't cross shop), a little in battery and a lot in camera.

As a thought experiment, if you put me in a civic I will know I am in a civic and not a BMW in one second. If you gave me an iphone 10 or an iphone12. Or a google 8 vs google 10... You get my point. Yes Android is different then iOS but people are usually locked in.

2) In general people spend way too much on cars, either to buy capability they don't really need or can't use. Or to try and say something about themselves.

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