It looks like a product but is secretly a subscription

Post by matkoniecz » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 10:23 AM UTC

derefr wrote: post #287

matkoniecz wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> They're one of the first entrepreneurialist ventures to be developed in developing countries That does not mean that they survive. > Okay, you might live in a cabin 200 miles away from the nearest town. In Poland such places are mostly gone (some survive near universities) as nearly everyone has printer accessible at home or at work. Some are at places where people need printing (government offices) but charge mass…

Yes, but you're not addressing the thrust of the argument. Certainly print shops don't exist in Poland, but that doesn't mean that getting prints done is inconvenient in Poland if you don't have your own printer. In sufficiently-developed countries like Poland, you don't need print shops, but it's not because "nearly everyone has printer accessible at home or at work." (That's not even true; many people don't have co…

Post by Ballu » Sun, Aug 08, 2021, 2:43 AM UTC

greggman3 wrote: post #178

Ballu wrote: post #99

When I moved to US in late '90s, my mentor told the Milk distribution story/change (NY/NJ). During his grandfather times (I am sure around 1950/60s, Milkman used to enter the home and check how much milk is needed and change the bottle. With time, few crimes and privacy concepts started coming into picture, the milks bottles were left outside. And now Amazon wants to enterr your home to do exactly what milkman used t…

speaking of coming into your house (and completely off topic), TIFU by using a KeyMe kiosk. I needed a copy of a key. I expected it was a mechanical copier which I'd seen before. Instead it's some kind of digital kiosk that scans the key and then, sends the info to their servers and they mail you a key. In other words, they have a database of people's keys and the address those keys belong too. I feel so stupid. Time…

Post by matkoniecz » Mon, Aug 09, 2021, 9:12 PM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #179

matkoniecz wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> They're one of the first entrepreneurialist ventures to be developed in developing countries That does not mean that they survive. > Okay, you might live in a cabin 200 miles away from the nearest town. In Poland such places are mostly gone (some survive near universities) as nearly everyone has printer accessible at home or at work. Some are at places where people need printing (government offices) but charge mass…

Exactly this. Also: >> Every parcel shipping store (UPS, FedEx, etc.) offers printing > No such thing in Poland and closest equivalent does not offer printing as service (exceptions may apply). While there are "parcel points" in Poland, I've never seen them advertising a document printing service, and they're also being rapidly displaced by the spread of Paczkomaty - automated self-service parcel collection and sendi…