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Cartoon: The truth about purchasing apps

By on August 31, 2010 at 7:44am in Mobile News

If you gander through this cartoon you could possibly see the truth about certain spending habits. (click the read more for the full cartoon)




Source: Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal.
Via: Gizmodo

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Discussion

15 comments for “Cartoon: The truth about purchasing apps”

  1. IT’S SO TRUE!!!

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    Posted by Siv | August 31, 2010, 8:11 am
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  2. Dead on!

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    Posted by Zeake | August 31, 2010, 8:40 am
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  3. Love The Oatmeal!

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    Posted by Labrat | August 31, 2010, 9:08 am
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  4. This isn’t too far from the truth at all.

    Somehow technology has become more important than food. I hear more people b***h about the price of food on a menu, than the 300+% mark-up on the iPad and iPhone.

    Maybe if burgers were $16, people might not b***h about the price anymore.

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    Posted by PM User | August 31, 2010, 9:33 am
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  5. although a bit rough…look at the similarities in the first 4 boxes…all involve a tangible transaction of goods. You had a “person” a physical method of payment for a good or service.

    The “Virtual” transaction adoption is well underway, but some people still “iffy” the value of a virtual good and its process…Tards!

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    Posted by Bong Sniffer | August 31, 2010, 10:39 am
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    • You are right on about people being “iffy” about the value of virtual goods.

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      Posted by MyLiveSpot | August 31, 2010, 11:46 am

  6. LOL!!

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    Posted by Samia | August 31, 2010, 10:45 am
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  7. it’s so true! :) my friends used to make fun of me when i bought those Facebook gifts for $1 each and gave it to them, saying that i wasted my money. but i mean i don’t see the big deal. if you like it and enjoy it, why not?

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    Posted by Emily | August 31, 2010, 12:14 pm
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  8. So true, especially when electronics are coming out of Singapore, Japan, China at absurd mark-up to the consumer.
    I know many people who resemble this cartoon.

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    Posted by Peter R. | August 31, 2010, 12:41 pm
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  9. Sad but so freaking true.. LMFAO!

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    Posted by 5Gs | August 31, 2010, 5:17 pm
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  10. Haha it’s true, I would blow huge money on random stuff but when it comes to app purchases I cringe, and me buying one game for 0.99 I fell ripped off lol

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    Posted by Delluser | September 1, 2010, 12:21 am
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  11. I can’t believe how true this is. I still only have Free apps…and yet I use bank machines that charge me $2.50 to pull $60 out without thinking twice! ughh…

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    Posted by mark | September 2, 2010, 8:21 pm
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  12. A coffee, I can touch. An iphone, I can touch. An ipad, I can touch. The movie brokeback mountain 3d, I can touch… oh wait no I can’t.. or can they touch ME? :O

    What was my point again? Yeah I can’t tell it.

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    Posted by Mark | September 3, 2010, 2:41 pm
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  13. Haha this is so true x0

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    Posted by christy | September 3, 2010, 4:52 pm
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  14. LOL, that’s awesome.

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    Posted by Toby | September 5, 2010, 11:47 am
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