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submitted 3 weeks ago by cerement@slrpnk.net to c/collapse@slrpnk.net

“But you know what, I shouldn’t have to understand the business models of every little icon on my stupid pocket supercomputer to get through life! Why am I reading books on VC funding just to figure out what parts of my digital life will inevitably decay when the money guys get their hands on it??”

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[-] clover@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

The economic system we are in is political. If we had privacy protections a lot of those apps would have less incentive to enshitify. Allowing predatory companies to prey on people's ignorance or laziness is a political choice.

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