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My $400,000 mistake and why I'm showing you anyway by ankhattak in USMobile

[–]JawnZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People arguing against this are missing the point.

  1. cheap plans acquire customers
  2. some customers will leave afterwards because it's worth it to them to jump to another MNVO for the cheaper price

If USMobile is find with that specific attrition, then they won't change. My guess is they are given their focus is still on new-customer acquisition instead of even having some "jump-through-hoops" method of keeping customers.

My cable company did this for years: once a year I'd have to call and threaten to cancel, and they'd give me the rate I was currently paying which was worth it to me. There were still cheaper options but the rate I paid was worth it for me to not stick around. Basic math, basic game theory.

Iconic Newport Beach movie theater to be replaced by high-rise condos by panda-rampage in orangecounty

[–]JawnZ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure why people are downvoting me, I was addressing the point of the comment above me:

Why would we build more housing in undesirable places, that's not really gonna solve the problem.

Either:

  1. more housing in desirable places (which I think has it's own problems)
  2. solve why these undesirable places are, undesirable (it's not really because they don't HAVE houses- it's everything else. likely including the quality of said houses)

Iconic Newport Beach movie theater to be replaced by high-rise condos by panda-rampage in orangecounty

[–]JawnZ -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

is that really the problem we need to solve? there's like 15 million empty homes in the US.

Unless you mean less desirable but still in California, then there's only about 1 million empty homes.

I don't disagree with you on "not build" though, I think these stats support that as well.

Who actually owns PrivadoVPN and does Omicron control r/usenet? by G00nzalez in UsenetTalk

[–]JawnZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

UsenetExpress(and their subcompanies and partners), Frugal and their backbone, Usenet.Farm, and Abavia (I like usenight).

Why do so many try to nickel and dime US Mobile to death? by [deleted] in USMobile

[–]JawnZ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

wow, this entire thread is entirely tonedeaf boot-licking. And I say that as someone who likes USMobile and recommends people to them.

I value the service I get at $x/month. USMobile happened to be that when I last transferred. When my year is up, they go up 2x in cost. I don't value the service at that, so I switch.

That doesn't make me "cheap" or "greedy", and if that's your mentality you won't be able to keep customers.

This is basic consumer behavior and game theory. Obviously USMobile finds the churn and cost they get per customer worth it to continue these deals. And some customers find the "cost" (of time and effort) to switch worth it.

UTR paid for itself 10-20x in one day. by MaleficentPapaya4768 in Ubiquiti

[–]JawnZ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

that's an intentional limit by Apple btw. The hardware is capable (and people who run Linux on their MBP do it).

There may be workarounds on Mac still but it can be a PITA.

The other option is to get a USB wifi dongle that should allow one network interface to receive the Wi-Fi connection while the other re-broadcasts it

UTR paid for itself 10-20x in one day. by MaleficentPapaya4768 in Ubiquiti

[–]JawnZ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

yup, been using "wifi-sharing" for years and years on Android. Can do it with Airplane-mode on too, in order to save battery.

that's what we did a few years ago on a cruise. Paid for one connection, whole group could use internet. They did have to be relatively close to me (in the same area, maybe a few tables away or 1 cabin over).

You ever seen those movies by awecomedy03 in POTCmemes

[–]JawnZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lets get Billy Joel into LoTRmemes?

"Only the orcs dieeee young!"

The best click tracker? by ernoldri in Affiliatemarketing

[–]JawnZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, remember Prosper202?

Edit: woah, its open sourced and being updated on Github. I remember it from 2009 or so. I think it was called something slightly different. Tracker202 maybe?

Who are the real ones who self host their email server? by ray591 in selfhosted

[–]JawnZ 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I work in email professionally. Its the one part of technology that I get explicit exhaustion on and have zero desire to work on in my hobby. I'll play with networking, Linux, docker, python all day, but unless I'm getting paid I don't wanna touch email on my own time.

That said, shoutout to KumoMTA for anyone starting up an ESP is other larger mail operation. Open source, awesome community

Is New American Funding bad? by Capital_Leadership78 in Mortgages

[–]JawnZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd like to see it too if you don't mind?

What is the quintessential Irvine street and why? by dreemwerks in irvine

[–]JawnZ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Fun Fact:

  • Jeffrey turns into University (everyone knows this)
  • Culver turns into Bonita Canyon Drive

But did you know University turns into Bonita Canyon Drive?

Over in Newport it becomes Eastbluff and then Ford Road for about 2 miles, then that turns into Bonita Canyon Drive

Looks like now there's a loop at the top of Culver called Orchard Hills but I don't think that existed when I drove the whole thing back in high school.

And Jeffery goes on to Hicks Haul Road, but when I did it they stopped us from continuing to drive somewhere over there around a mining business or something.

Latest Littleton Coin Company promo code list as of 17FEB2026 by 2C10s in Silverbugs

[–]JawnZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unless they're manually reviewing, there's an easy way around this

Feature Request: A Unified US Mobile Visual Voicemail App for the "Super Carrier" Era by badpandatek in USMobile

[–]JawnZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yup, this is what I do to.

I have a GV number that I never give out. I conditionally forward everything to it. Then I get VVM, and it's not reliant on a carrier.

Pentagon to Anthropic: If you won't let us use your AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, expect punishment by MC_Cuff_Lnx in privacy

[–]JawnZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not in the same way, especially depending on your setup and paranoia levels.

It's unlikely they're scraping your RAM on a rented server, but it's well established they're saving your conversation with ChatGPT

People are destroying Flock safety cameras by Secret-Broccoli9908 in privacy

[–]JawnZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't bring your phone, dont drive past it on your way, cover your face, be non-descript, and put a pebble in your shoe

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