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human
CMV: Blaming your own FOMO on someone else is ultimately just entitlement

FOMO = fear of missing out

I'll come right out and acknowledge that companies use the power of FOMO to compel people to buy their product/service. I believe it is still the responsibility of the consumer to choose what they do and do not buy. I'm aware that compulsive shoppers exist, so for the purpose of this CMV I'm excluding them.

I've noticed more and more people acknowledging their own FOMO and acting as though a company offering a product/service that results in their FOMO is somehow plotting against them or scamming them into paying more for something than they want to. 

Where the entitlement comes in is the idea that if a company offers a product/service someone wants (not needs), the consumer decides how much it is worth to them. If the consumer cannot get the product for what they feel like paying, they believe the  company has done something wrong. They believe the company should not even be allowed to offer the product/service for that cost because it's unfair to people that want to buy it but can't. If they cannot acquire the thing they want, they would rather it not exist for everyone else than simply not buy it themselves.

We "miss out" on many things because they are beyond our means. Yet we pick and choose which of those things to be angry about. Something I may have strong FOMO feelings about, someone else may not care at all they do not have. So for me to say this particular thing should cost less or be easier to obtain because **I** *want* it is just purely entitlement imo.

As stated above, this applies to wants, not needs. In some cases though the line of want/need is a bit blurry. Something like affordable internet access has arguably become a need in many places these days. You cannot CMV by giving an example of something that is a want for some people and need for other people in certain cases. This view applies only to things that are clearly wants.
gpt
>I'll come right out and acknowledge that companies use the power of FOMO to compel people to buy their product/service. 

Doesn't this completely undermine your view? If companies are intentionally choosing to use the power of FOMO, doesn't that mean we can blame them for that choice? Why would it be entitlement for us to hold companies responsible for their own choices?