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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7239819" data-attributes="member: 82779">Agree to disagree on that one.  I don't honestly believe you'll convince me on that (I don't honestly believe anyone truly convinces anyone of anything on the internet) and have no desire to attempt to change your mind on the subject (again, not that I think I actually could).Every place I've been to that requires you to pay for your food up front is fast food which, while often tasty, is equally often incorrectly made or made so slowly that the food cannot be considered fast anymore.  Those are not marks of quality, and it helps illustrate that when people get comfortable with blindly buying products the quality often falls.I agree that people assess risk differently; that's why you can get loans with different rates from different banks or credit unions.  However, any time a risk is not immaterial to the buyer/lender the acceptance of risk requires the seller/borrower to offer some kind of premium.  And while it's true that one could view the DLC feats as the premium, offering such content as the premium is distasteful and off-putting, and it sets a bad precedent that you only get certain game content if you're willing to blindly buy products.  While that may generate revenues it's a BS business practice that consumers shouldn't have to put up with and shouldn't encourage by making it successful.Also, I didn't say anything about a person or group of people being stupid, immensely or otherwise, so please don't twist what I said into an attack against anyone's person.</blockquote>

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