Deals like this are a double edged sword.
They really are great for people who have been sitting on the fence.
But new customers who recently signed up... those new customers all feel shunned and wish that they had of waited.
They really are great for people who have been sitting on the fence.
But new customers who recently signed up... those new customers all feel shunned and wish that they had of waited.
The added revenue from this promotion will only increase their ability to serve you better in the future.
I feel betrayed!"
How would you like to feel instead? Happy that the trade you did was fair at the time, and also happy for the people getting a good deal? Sounds good.
There's your unit test: imagine linode offer. Current result: feel bad (q: how, precisely?). Desired result: feel good.
Now all you need to do is fix it as if you were fixing a bug report - explore why and how you feel bad (observing what actually happens in your head instead of what you think ought to be happening) and what you would need to change (in your head, not in the world) so you can feel good instead. Keep trying things and rerunning the test of imagining the linode offer as a check of whether you have successfully changed anything.
The essence of mindhacking in one HN comment. You could pay a therapist loads and not get to that heart of the matter, which is the old stereotyped Buddhism trope that the world is fine and if you feel bad, it's your job to fix your feelings, not the world.
On the other hand, I don't really loose anything by it, so why worry about it?