I was asked if I would like an eye-pad for Christmas, and I said no...vaguely wondering if, deep down, I really did want one?
I have an admitted anti-apple bias (the opposite of the pro-apple cultish and slavish affection some folks exhibit, and just as acceptable), but even if I did not, I have just not been able to figure out what I would use an eye-pad (or any pad) for!
This morning: The the L.A. Times to the rescue. No, not explaining why I should have one, but a columnist who feels the same ambivalence as I!
Anyway, the pads are another chapter in the subscription economy that I try so hard to avoid. Pads and a billion other products try to force you to continue buying things assoiated with the main purchase.
I have an admitted anti-apple bias (the opposite of the pro-apple cultish and slavish affection some folks exhibit, and just as acceptable), but even if I did not, I have just not been able to figure out what I would use an eye-pad (or any pad) for!
This morning: The the L.A. Times to the rescue. No, not explaining why I should have one, but a columnist who feels the same ambivalence as I!
Anyway, the pads are another chapter in the subscription economy that I try so hard to avoid. Pads and a billion other products try to force you to continue buying things assoiated with the main purchase.
- This is the best razor in the world...buy it for just $5 (but the blades will be $6 each for as long as you use it!)
- Just using a mop on the floor is not good enough, but this great cleaning devise (and buy our overpriced pads for it forever!)
- The eye-pad is the next best invention in the world (and you have to continue to spend money for "apps" and subscriptions from then on!)

1 comments:
Preach it, brother!
I still use ball-point pens and probably have an actual pencil in a drawer somewhere.
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