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“hey hikari, why do you refuse to ever own an audio or music product that relies on a smartphone app or isn't USB class compliant”
i don't know, why don't you ask the owner of this music store, who apparently hasn't realised these brand-new products long since became worthless
the owner was upset when he realised i had taken some photos, apparently because he was afraid i might be planning to steal things. i'd hate to break it to him that nothing i took a photo of is worth stealing
it's kind of fascinating to learn some shops do not want you to take photos of their products. i've gotten outraged reactions on two occasions, as if it's an obvious social faux pas, but it doesn't feel obvious to me at all. i often take a photo so i can come back to buy later…
not to mention the obvious benefit of word-of-mouth marketing. i don't think it's a coincidence that that particular shop has incredibly bad reviews
a rather unpopular take of mine would be that i can sadly kind of tell when a store owns its land outright or has mysteriously low rental costs or taxes, because if they quite obviously sell junk, there's no way they'd still be in business in a more competitive market
interesting economics problem to figure out how to subsidise the good local businesses and not the bad ones? shrug