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Black Friday, more like buy stupid shit day.
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I would argue to say black Friday is dead. The deals were definitely not that great this year and there is no time crunch anymore since it's like a whole weekend or week and nobody has money to do that anymore.
It was 99% a lie even at its peak.
Thank you.
I'm an oldhead so I remember the way early days.
Yes, there was a small 'season' that was used to churn out old tech inventory in preparation for the December frenzy. This was in the day that meaningful device updates were, by today's standards relatively slow so it really made sense for holders of inventory to unload the stuff. Its also worth noting that at that time, electronics/tech was at it's cyclycal low in August and early September, so nobody wanted stuff collecting dust while consumer spending slowed.
Conditions are wildly different now. Besides, it was a "genuine" thing for a few years but that's ancient memory by this point.