Why is Gizmodo pushing all of these class action suits lately?  The only thing they do is to make the lawyers rich.  The members of the class get pennies while the lawyers make hundreds of thousands and/or millions.  And the companies that settle get to claim that they did nothing wrong --- so nothing changes.

I experienced the same from 18 Honda dealers and 2 Chevy dealerships.   I bought a Mazda and a Subaru unmarked up.  I had not considered either.  It was quite a wakeup call.

Honda is bad about having basically one dealership ownership group for a vast area and they won’t haggle at all. Go ahead and drive 120 miles away to go to a different dealership, who cares? We own that one too.

The same way they’d be profitable with ads: You spend less than you’re bringing in.

Ads aren’t required for this, although they expand the amount of money in the pot.

But costs are going to come down soon, once streaming channels start folding and there’s no longer an insane amount of content being produced, driving up…

Maybe that’s my excuse for finally quitting......I mean, Kinja has sucked since it was forced on us.  The old system was better.  Maybe it will be a sign.

Have people not been texting themselves via conventional SMS for years? It’s not like we’ve had to pay per text for ages.

Isn’t a more general version of that (which applies even when not negotiating a salary) is that if the price of the deal isn’t going the direction you want, change the deal? Meaning, if you are trying to buy a house and they won’t budge on price, ask for them to cover some of the closing costs or include the dining…

“The beauty of WhatsApp, along with other popular third-party chat apps, is that it allows you to message anyone. It doesn’t matter if you’re reaching out to friends, family, or new acquaintances, or if those people have an iPhone or Android.”

The airport has the only Auntie Annie’s in my state. :(

This. The average meta developer makes 3 times what I do even when you factor in the silicon valley cost of living