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Spare_Part_Machine wrote:
because free makes you want it & more likely to pay for it when you find out it actually isn’t.

It’s a ‘mind-control’ trick advertisers use.

It’s tough for me to explain b/c I’ve only dabbled so far in this science before wanting to throw up but another (more intuitive) example is when asking a favor, having “because” in the request makes it more likely to get what you want even if you don’t give a reason. (example: when there’s a line to the copy machine, “excuse me, could you please let me cut in line because I need to make a copy”)

good point ÿ