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You sound too confident about what you think drives your purchasing behavior.

Usually it's hunger and restlessness. I'm pretty sure most of my disposable income is disposed of on food, drink and travel. I don't aspire to own vast amounts of stuff, quite the opposite.

Especially since he has almost certainly seen Netflix ads, and proclaims himself to be a customer.

I don't think I have actually. I signed up after a friend showed me the service. I also know about them from reading tech sites over the years, it was big news on places like slashdot when services like this started up.

Prime I use because it's free right now, though I'll probably cancel it at the end of the month because I don't like it that much. NowTv I subscribe to because it turned out to be the easiest way to get GoT when I decided I probably shouldn't pirate any more. I found out about it because I searched, not because someone intruded into my life and demanded my attention.

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