I asked ChatGPT to stop me buying things I don’t need, and it was brutally helpful — I just wish I'd thought of it sooner

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Jul 30, 2026, 7:47 am124 ptsTrending
The problem with online shopping is that it makes it far too easy to buy pretty much anything, without properly considering whether you really need it. I started to wonder if ChatGPT could help me make better decisions, by questioning every purchase I was going to make, before I made it. To test ChatGPT’s…

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I asked ChatGPT to stop me buying things I don’t need, and it was brutally helpful — I just wish I'd thought of it sooner

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