I see you like things that work. We've decided that we'll break it, and sell you the solution. We call it service.
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Them: this is pretty good right? And affordable too!
Me: yeah it's decent, don't touch anything
Them: we've put in ads
Me: what? I don't want ads, wtf
Them: bro, totally have you covered. No ads for $12.99 a month
Me: arr matey, don't worry yerself π¦π΄ββ οΈ
This is why I felt like the best thing we all could do is reject every ounce of advertising we could. Marker up all the billboards. If you're watching a video and x3 3 minutes ads play, Leave comments about how the product gave you a bad rash. Make it so all these companies remove themselves from spaces we enjoy. It would also help get rid of the fucking content creators trying to be a copy of the latest and greatest channel but instead waters down the internet with the 10000000 clone of the latest and greatest
I agree. I also think ads do influence us way more than almost anyone would believe or admit. Why else would companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ads without batting an eye. Many products cost as much or less than their ad campaign cost to make.
So I try to avoid ads as much as possible. I haven't seen or heard an ad in a long time aside from billboards and posters which are basically impossible to avoid.
Why does winamp now require ads and $12.99/ month to run?! It was free back in 1997!
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Hmm, sorry my associate was meaning "temporary solution", about every year you will need a new one. And we are so generous that if you buy two years in advance we will give you a 10% rebate and a big ole sticker with our brand in bold colors on it so you can give us free publicity.
But have you considered the following:
Capitalism good because freedom and innovation.
Bet you feel dumb now.
No because freedom and innovation have nothing to do with capitalism? If anything the opposite?
It's sarcasm friend, I know capitalism is basically the opposite of that.
What! You mean I canβt make new things or grow because of financial predators?
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The sight of Theresa May dance-walking to ABBA was an insult to the United Kingdom and Sweden :(
It was also an insult to walking and dancing
The worst attack to British-Swedish relations and culture since the Beowulf movie
The worst thing is that she's not even in the bottom three Prime Ministers any more.
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1995: Welcome to the internet, check out these awesome stupid websites 2023: Here have an ad, after you subscribe, and accept cookies, and sign your life away to a terms of service written in alien legalese
βIβve made a machine that does the labor of 10 men!β
βYouβre going to still pay the other nine, right?β
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Youβre still going to pay the other nine, right?
So the ten men can all do a tenth of the labor now right?
Oh you're going to fire nine, cut the tenth's pay, and make him work even longer hours, and keep the vast majority of the profits for yourself, got it. That's fine too I guess...
βIβve ~~made~~ bought a machine that does the labor of 10 men!β
βYouβre going to still pay the other nine, right?β
"Why? I bought it to get more of the money to myself. Why would I pay for something and get nothing in return? Why would I just lose money for no reason?"
Seriously though, the dynamics are pretty clear, there's no investment without the expectation for extra profit (even for a state. Invest in a new railroad with the expectation of higher economic activity and therefore more taxes). Otherwise it's just charity
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For more info on how automation works under capitalism, read chapters 15-16 of capital
Chapter 15: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm
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I created a new email service that prevents spam and organized your email. If it works out and I become successful, I can imagine Google trying to buy it, and if I say no, all of a sudden Gmail starts having issues receiving mail from my service. Gmail and Exchange together share about 70% of the business email market, so they can destroy smaller competitors if they arenβt willing to sell. Yay capitalism!
I will never get tired of seeing these pictures
US healthcare system in a nutshell. Said nut cost $120 in hospital bill.
Pssst, you dropped a pair of 0s, here you go: $12,000 please.
My favorite thing about this comment section is the ratio of comment score and comment length
Unregulated capitalism that made worse by the lack of QOL improvements by the govt is what made these new shitty electronics and tools profitable.
Cubicle went from utopia to dystopia in not even a week.
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