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userbinatortoday at 5:10 AM1 replyview on HN

but also sometimes folks need a phone and can't put off the purchase until they save up the upfront price.

Whatever happened to planning ahead? No wonder things are the way they are.


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autoexectoday at 5:22 AM

Things being the way they are is exactly the reason Americans can't afford to pay for a cell phone upfront. There's no amount of "planning ahead" that will change that when people are living paycheck to paycheck and having to go into debt to afford basic things like groceries.