You can't buy anything on these food delivery and shopping sites. Here's why that's the point

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You can't buy anything on these food delivery and shopping sites. Here's why that's the point

Crossposted from https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1353921/you-can-t-buy-anything-on-these-food-delivery-and-shopping-sites-here-s-why-that-s-the-p

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TrackinDaKraken

lemmy.world

A new wave of mock shopping websites is giving people the thrill of shopping without the bill, as younger, ~~budget-conscious~~ broke af consumers look to curb compulsive spending.

FTFY

RoidingOldMan

lemmy.world

"That's particularly appealing for budget-conscious young people."

This is a weird way to phrase it.

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sopuli.xyz

People being too poor to use actual shopping apps yet still feeling the need to satiate the feeling of shopping via other means is emblematic of a capitalist dystopia.

Smug_Marmot

lemmy.zip

So it's like nicotine gum for shopping addicts?