No one is forcing you to use their "services." Stop using their app?

quadrangle · on April 27, 2018

No one is forcing you to think critically about anything in the world or read critical comments from others. Stop using this website?

(You can just copy and paste your comment for every complaint about any business ever other than true monopolies for truly essential things; you'll never have to discuss and consider any concerns ever again.)

kp1 · on April 28, 2018

Wow, who crapped in your Cheerios?

With recent shenanigans MoviePass I wonder why people use their app. That's why I made the comment.

Why use a service that restricts you? Tracks you (now removed)? Go from unlimited movies, to restrictions?

Why use something that you have to pay for and NOT get much value for it? Just go to the movie theater like everyone else?

quadrangle · on April 28, 2018

I hadn't even heard of MoviePass until seeing this posting at HN. I don't watch movies, and MoviePass sounds ridiculous.

I was critiquing your comment because it had no substance and seemed anti-intellectual. It actually sounded like what you see people write to defend bull-crap like MoviePass, as in "Don't like Facebook's terrible actions? You don't have to use it…" used as an argument against people complaining (as opposed to an argument that people should leave Facebook because the complaints are legitimate).

Maybe it was just a misunderstanding. Seems you didn't do a good job of making your initial point, and I replied to the words I read.

p49k · on April 27, 2018

Or cause a ruckus and get them to backtrack? Often the better solution.

dlhavema · on April 27, 2018

how often does that actually work?