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bradleybudayesterday at 5:26 AM1 replyview on HN

Given that the median household income in the US is $83k, I don’t think that losing $1k on a busted phone is likely to put many into “spiraling debt slavery”


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drdexebtjlyesterday at 7:42 AM

57% of Americans live from paycheck to paycheck and don’t have an emergency $1k to spare.

If they had the money to buy the phone outright, they would probably buy it outright.