r/WorkForSmartLife • u/CurseBloom • 1d ago

Discussion💬 The math literally doesn’t add up

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 1d ago

Get spectrum Internet and a mobile line. It would be like, $80 a month. Not $280. 

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u/True_Protection6842 1d ago

Why do you have internet if you don't use any services?

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u/Independent-Mouse389 1d ago

YouTube is free. Plenty of other things to do on the internet besides subscription apps. TikTok too. Even this app you’re on, Reddit, is free lol

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u/NothingToSeeHereMan 15h ago

"Nah bro its free completely free bro. I just have to spend 30% of my time on the site watching ads for Gambling, Ozempic, Crypto, and AI. Its so sick bro completely free and costs me nothing at all. My time isnt worth that much at all I really dont mind being tracked to train Language models and advertising firms"

(Im just being facetious I realize you mean financially free but its just a sad time for entertainment)

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u/Brilliant-Peace-5265 11h ago

Ad blockers exist.

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u/NothingToSeeHereMan 5h ago

Not for much longer lol i was just being sarcastic in my comment.

Plus im less worried about the ads and more worried about every click on every device being logged to create a profile of your entire household to learn how to sell more shit to you, keep you scrolling longer, and how best to propagandize you.

Ads are the least of my concerns when it comes to internet use.

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u/True_Protection6842 1d ago

yeah...free. That means your information is the product.

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u/Thorvindr 1d ago

Nice goal-post move.

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u/True_Protection6842 1d ago

WTF are you talking about.

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 1d ago

It was pointed out that you can have the internet and use it for stuff that is free. Then you moved the goal post to information being the product. 

It was a textbook case. 

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u/natigin 1d ago

Yup, welcome to 2026

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u/tptking2675 1d ago

Give them false information. People do it all the time, it's not illegal or unethical

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u/positive_thinking_ 1d ago

It’s cute you think you can pay for it and your information isn’t somehow sold.

If I’m a ceo for a corporation with a legal responsibility to maximize profit, why would I not sell your data AND collect your subscription fee?

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u/Zestyclose-One9041 19h ago

Completely irrelevant to the discussion lol. It’s still free in monetary terms. And guess what, those paid subscriptions are also harvesting your data lol

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 1d ago

What do you mean?  I use YHE INTERNET. What else do I need?

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u/mgt-kuradal 16h ago

Yar har, fiddle de dee.

You can exist on the internet without throwing money at every website that asks for it.

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 1d ago

The math already works. If you get the electric payment down to $100 (what one person is spending $250??), you’re now putting $330 into savings each month. 

Plus whatever else you’re saving after groceries. $19 an hour is $3k a month. That’s $2,500 after taxes. 

Two times a year you get a third paycheck in a month. So an extra $1,200 a month. 

You guys are a joke. You didn’t even bother with the rigor. 

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u/APolyAltAccount 8h ago

People also forget that their postpaid cell plans are just paying for their phones over time. 30-50 dollar prepaid unlimited plans are all over the place depending upon how great you need your speeds to be.

Combined with decent internet-only plans and anything more than a sliver above $100 for your data plans is either insane, or you’re conflating that with “spreading the cost of a thousand dollar phone every couple years over a monthly payment”

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 8h ago

The OP is counting all the streaming services. A couple people commenting to me asking “what good is the internet if you have nothing to watch??”

These people are dirt bags. 

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u/APolyAltAccount 7h ago

Assuming they’re people and not bots. Or just people stirring shit up.

OP for example is only a 15 day account and all their comments and their two posts seem pretty pointed which screams “engagement bait” or “shit stirring” or both.