• @Streetdog@lemmy.world
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    17 months ago

    Supermarkets use extensive marketing to trick you in buying all kinds of stuff. Just like Google (ahem, YouTube) does.

    But you want their stuff, so you have to deal with their stuff.

    We can discuss further on the subject of tracking that happens when you are a regular and have a membership, or the tracking of digital transactions. Even if you and I don’t necessarily partake in that by buying everything with cash to stay as anonymous as possible.

    I could ask you to clarify how you feel “respected” in that environment, but I have honestly little interest in the answer.

    • @YouAreLiterallyAnNPC@lemmy.world
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      17 months ago

      I feel respected because I grab the product I want, take it to the register, and pay for it and get the result that I expect based on what I paid. Marketing and manipulation aside, I acknowledge that’s part of being an educated consumer. I’d thank you for putting value in my response, but I’m not interested either.