schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoKobo announces its first color e-readerswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·8 months agoWhy would you be surprised? And why would 15$ for a book be too much?
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoBecause we are/were not j.p. gotrocks kin
minus-squaresheogorath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoIt might depend on which part of the world they live in. In the West? Not so much. But in a third world country? It might very well be a day’s work wage.
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoBelieve it or not there are lots of pockets in “the west” where money is that tight. Fixed incomes didnt and dont stretch that far
Why would you be surprised? And why would 15$ for a book be too much?
Because we are/were not j.p. gotrocks kin
It might depend on which part of the world they live in. In the West? Not so much. But in a third world country? It might very well be a day’s work wage.
Believe it or not there are lots of pockets in “the west” where money is that tight. Fixed incomes didnt and dont stretch that far