Buying Unneeded Products

The cluster centers on debates questioning why people buy products they don't actually need, contrasting hype-driven purchases with genuine utility and pondering product viability if demand is based on wants rather than needs.

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numbsafari • Mar 17, 2015 • View on HN

Makes you wonder why people buy those products.

silon42 • Jan 6, 2026 • View on HN

People that wouldn't buy it, aren't customers :)

nicbou • Apr 12, 2021 • View on HN

That's not a reason to blindly buy products that don't fulfil your needs.

briandear • Oct 12, 2018 • View on HN

Why do people buy that stuff? They could choose not to.

marcosdumay • Apr 3, 2023 • View on HN

If nobody needs it, why are people asking for them to buy some?

iso1631 • Jul 7, 2020 • View on HN

Some people would rather have products they are interested in rather than products they aren't interested in

lutorm • Dec 14, 2020 • View on HN

Because (enough) people are buying them anyway?

adverbly • Jun 26, 2019 • View on HN

Spoiler alert: most things people buy they don't actually need.

stfp • May 22, 2021 • View on HN

I submit to you that a lot of folks buy things they don't really need or end up using \_(ツ)_/¯

laythea • Nov 29, 2017 • View on HN

Because not enough people stop buying/using their products.