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I use drugs all the time, and I have a house, healthcare, and a job. Why should we deprive low-income and unhoused people of the freedoms we all engage in?
I use drugs all the time, and I have a house, healthcare, and a job. Why should we deprive low-income and unhoused people of the freedoms we all engage in?
@bebadefabo I think it's more than that at this point. A lot of these paper contracts these companies are exchanging are being used as guarantees to raise money via loans, but some of these companies are already heavily indebted (including Oracle). They are devouring money so fast that they already burned through the capital they had raised last year, or just a few months back.
@gabrielesvelto exactly so they are accepting cash injections from fossil fuel companies to shoehorn unnecessary features into their product that have no substantial benefit to company or consumer. They serve only to increase energy expenditure and drive up the prices energy companies can charge, sighting "increased demand". The fund an increase in demand to reap the benefit across the board. ROIC. #LateStageCapitalism
This is why we need #tech literacy. This recipe site wants you to pay $2.99 USD to “print” the recipe.
To print. The recipe. That’s literally on the web page. For free.
Super+P and “Save as PDF.” You’re welcome.
Wut? Am I missing something?
This is why we need #tech literacy. This recipe site wants you to pay $2.99 USD to “print” the recipe.
To print. The recipe. That’s literally on the web page. For free.
Super+P and “Save as PDF.” You’re welcome.
Wut? Am I missing something?
Soooooo.... capitalism is at it again.
#GigEconomy#DoorDash#Civilisation#LateStageCapitalism#ScifiDystopia
Soooooo.... capitalism is at it again.
#GigEconomy#DoorDash#Civilisation#LateStageCapitalism#ScifiDystopia
Went to a bank branch today to make a payment I have to make in person due to various factors.
Was waiting to be seen and overheard a conversation between a bank employee and another customer. The employee was dumbstruck by the customer not having internet access and therefore struggling to suggest next steps.
We are storing up *so* much trouble. Building systems that are failing people
The Hype is the Product
https://rys.io/en/180.html
For large tech companies the products or services they offer don't really matter all that much anymore, it seems.
Whatever the company is ostensibly selling just needs to be barely good enough to keep people from escaping the lock-in.
Because their real audience are not the customers or people using these services – their real audience are the stockholders.
And the real product is the hype itself.
🧵
The Hype is the Product
https://rys.io/en/180.html
For large tech companies the products or services they offer don't really matter all that much anymore, it seems.
Whatever the company is ostensibly selling just needs to be barely good enough to keep people from escaping the lock-in.
Because their real audience are not the customers or people using these services – their real audience are the stockholders.
And the real product is the hype itself.
🧵
I need one of those great compound German or Japanese words again, for:
"The regret you feel for not having anticipated that some product you love would be enshittified, and therefore you didn't stock up while you had the chance."
Any suggestions?
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