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Cthulhu · 11-10-2006, 10:19 AM

This points up something I wonder about frequently:

How can these tech reviewers afford to purchase all the products they test?

If they don't buy them, but are given them, how is that not a paid advertisement?

If the devices are instead loaned to the reviewer, how is the public going to get a non-biased, long term assessment of the tech?....

By which I mean that if I didn't have to fork over $386.79 (Chicago/IL tax is around 10%), I could afford to buy a pretty big library from CONNECT.

11-10-2006, 10:19 AM	#3
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	This points up something I wonder about frequently: How can these tech reviewers afford to purchase all the products they test? If they don't buy them, but are given them, how is that not a paid advertisement? If the devices are instead loaned to the reviewer, how is the public going to get a non-biased, long term assessment of the tech?.... By which I mean that if I didn't have to fork over $386.79 (Chicago/IL tax is around 10%), I could afford to buy a pretty big library from CONNECT.