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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everything comes with a subscription

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (6 children)

College. The learning is fine, the cost is freaking out of hand. I never went and have no regrets. My daughter is going now and I feel like I'm supporting a scam.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Penny auction apps like dealdash, they always have bots that will outbid you so you can never actually win one of their auctions. If you do win an auction, you're not actually guaranteed to ever the see the product you won.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Paying for airplane luggage national-mourning-period

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (17 children)

The extra .9 cent we pay for every gallon of gas in the USA.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Car rental - I'm 95% sure I don't need any of those extra insurances but due to pressure and fear tactics (you do want to be covered if x happens, right?), it's hard to know in the moment.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Adobe

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Paying high subscription fees for Autodesk products

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Real estate agents

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Companies being the sole arbiters of OTA "Upgrades" and DRM "purchases".

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mass Surveillance.

Companies and governments alike have successfully convinced most people that they have "nothing to fear".

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Speculative economic instruments. There's a reason why specific items, such as onions in the US, have been banned from being essentially bet on.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Organized religion.

Nothing comes even remotely close.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Resort fees, especially in Las Vegas.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Fashion

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

most cheap things that fall apart after a short time

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Printers and printer ink

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Patents

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Airline ticket prices.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

gacha game, paying premium money, an insane amount event just to see virtual character

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