Today is “Black Friday”, which is the day where a lot of retailers, both online and offline, pretend to have massive discounts on things they either raised the prices for a few weeks ago, or for useless garbage they bought in bulk that’ll end up in a landfill within a year. Technology media happily partakes in this event, going full-mask off posting an endless stream of “stories” promoting these discounts. They’re writing ads for fake discounts, often for products from the very companies they’re supposed to report on, and dress them up as normal articles.
It’s sad and revealing, highlighting just how much of the technology media landscape is owned by giant media conglomerates.
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That’s it. That’s our extra special discount bonanza extravaganza Black Friday super coverage.
Ohh, btw Thom, please expand the merch selection. I want to buy a wi-fi operated AI powered coffee mug, and will pay for the privilege of telling Chinese Communist Party and Sam Altman my milk/coffee ratio preferences (and my location).
Donated.
Thom’s signature I-hate-the-world cynicism aside, you can check Amazon’s price history in places like camelcamelcamel.com
Happy hunting. 🙂