Today tech companies like Sirius, TIVO and HP sell their products on the cheap so that consumers can subscribe to their satellite radio and TV services or be forced to purchase an endless supply of replacement ink jet printer cartridges.
After a 14-year run exploiting the jet set's "champagne wishes and caviar dreams" as the smarmy and unctuous anchor of TV's Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Leach left the celebrity spotlight in 1996.