Comment by gruez
4 years ago
>I have switched away from online news to the print ones in the last few months because:
>- content itself is a lot better edited, not clickbait-y (because you can't fucking click on paper!) and overall seems to be written by actually literate people, not some peasants that seem to write online news pieces recently
clickbait might not be a thing, but attention grabbing headlines to get you to read/buy the paper is still a thing. Besides, most (all?) major news publications have an online presence, and they're they're probably sharing stories/headlines between the print/online formats so I doubt there would be any difference in quality.
>There are only two online resources relevant to me that seem to make any positive value: Tinder and Upwork.
Not wikipedia, google maps, or e-commerce? It seems like many of the things that the internet provides have been so integral to your life that you've forgotten about them.
>Buying tickets online? It killed the airline industry. I can't fly comfortably anymore unless i get that private jet, which i can't afford. This is directly because of Internet facilitating price comparison, and people "optimising" airlines by price alone down to the drain.
1. Google flights provides legroom in addition to prices. you're free to compare on price and comfort here.
2. I'm not sure how the alternative (not having comparison shopping) is any better. Are you just hoping that the benevolent airlines would always put customer comfort above profits?
>Trading stocks online? Only brought about day traders - one more form of gambling. I'd be more than happy to go to the bank and buy a paper mutual fund certificate, and lock it up in my safe.
Disagree. Now I can buy ETFs with management fees in the single basis points (eg. 0.03% for VTI) with zero trading fees. In the past I'd either have to contend with mutual funds with exorbitant management fees (1-2%), or pay $50-$100 per trade.
>Not wikipedia, google maps, or e-commerce?
Google maps yes. You got me on that. Wikipedia, well, sort of, yes... it had a good beginning but is losing trustworthiness as it's being exploited more and more, it's surely a good source of info, still. e-commerce - i bought stuff online maybe 3-4x in my life (rare items that are never stocked in shops). Food delivery apps are a particularly notorious kind of evil, killing good businesses first.
Flights - it's not just the legroom. Because people started picking on the price, airlines had to get rid of business class or make it very flexible in size (meaning - use crappy "transformer" seats that can switch back to economy when needed). Or just simply leave middle seat empty and call it business. When price wasn't the only variable people chose tickets by, airlines could be a lot more comfortable with their costs and tried to sell premium product first - which is natural for every other normal business, premium product by definition brings higher margins. It's not just what i choose, it's what other people choose. Here in EU, we simply don't have any decent business class anywhere anymore.
Stocks - ETFs were a thing before internet and they don't require it. Vanguard exists since 1975 and it's fee structure didn't change since.