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I'm thinking even for cases of like shrinkflation.

I saw an article about potentially cheaper RAM here, so it got me curious if things ever really get better on occasion.

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[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe the porn industry? It was rife with abuse and financially yoked its porn stars. Then things like OnlyFans came along and now adult entertainers have full control of their content and careers.

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I encourage you to look into the agencies that prey on young women, essentially owning their content and taking most of their earnings.

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

It’s not that predatory entities don’t exist anymore, it’s that modern systems help make porn stars more independent if they want to be.

He didn't say it didn't still happen. Just that there is now an option where it doesn't. Essentially it's an improvement instead of a continued enshitification.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

They're still getting pimped by influencers, they take a percentage, prob most of them arent tho

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 0 points 23 hours ago

They also don't need to make the same insane amount of content to make way more money.