“Time for an upgrade!”
“Hardly. How is this an upgrade from the Recluse model? If you believe that, you’re just buying into Veist’s planned obsolescence and padding their profit margin.”
“The new Death Adder series has a range of features that weren’t previously available, and—”
“OK, so the new Death Adder is better than the old Death Adder, great. But we all know the Death Adder was at best a base model for the Recluse. So I ask again: how could this possibly be an upgrade?”
“Well, the Recluse is discontinued, so...”
“So something is an upgrade from nothing? That’s the rationale?”
“You don’t have to go for it if you’re not convinced, but I’m in the market and I trust what Veist makes.”
“That’s the crux of it, isn’t it? You trust a corporation to provide something you need, and yeah, sure, a lot of the time they can do that. But don’t you see it’s in their interest to minimize the cost to themselves and maximize the cost to you?”
“Isn’t that just business?”
“No! No, it’s exploitation! Exploitation of you, a Guardian, somebody Veist and the other foundries are supposed to help equip to protect humanity!”
“Listen, I’m just lookin’ for a new SMG...”
“Gah!”
(Death Adder w/ Gambit Leather)
