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this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2024
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While I’m in favor of the saying’s anti-corporate message, I’m not a huge fan of the people I’ve seen saying it.
Wasn't the original usage talking about economies of scale potentially eliminating the need for things like owning a car, because things like Uber would be more efficient and cost effective?
We need to remind people that "rent seeking behaviour" is a derogatory term.
Yes, from the WEF in particular. It’s such an inane idea that it drips with sarcasm even when sincere. They described a utility without any of the makings of a utility. I wish it hadn’t been adopted by right wingers and turned into a catchphrase.
It's also been adopted by left wingers into some kind of threat, when it wasn't meant to serve that purpose either.
Left wingers as in hexbear or left wingers as in progressive voters? I haven’t heard it from either, but I’m rarely around anyone but the latter.
The kind of person who's disillusioned with capitalism. Take that to mean whatever you like, but they'll still use that quote in the wrong context.
Yup, but of course everyone got greedy. Last time I used Uber I spent 70 dollars to go 4 miles. I learned my bus map immediately after that
It was just an example, not a template, and it was more of an idealist projection of some better future based on where we were heading. You're right that public transit is a far older invention that handles the job better in this case.
oh agreed. You just made me chuckle because I remember the tech bros saying all of that back then, and how naiive I was for believing it.
i doubt relying on yet another middleman will make things cheaper
well dont make them so dependent of servers, and make sure we can self host.
They could even sell the server for a final income if they're greedy enough
dont give them ideas, but this is better than literally nothing.
Honestly if it came with documentation I'd be willing to pay for the game server software
remember when they used to do that for free?
(yes grandma, lets get you back to bed)
Yeah that's literally all they need to do; release the hosting software at EOL, plus a patch that does custom 'which server am I connecting to' config.
Publishers don't deserve copyright protection unless the Library of Congress gets a copy.
(I'm not arguing that should be a sufficient requirement, only a necessary one.)
FYI…the link to the Canadian petition is not up yet.
Neither is the UK one, it's "under review".
Frankly that seems like an intentional thing they've done to try and kill petitions, which often get most of their buzz in the initial weeks.
As hardware and specs get cheater couldn't/shouldn't that hosts hardware?
Charge a small fee to publishers to cover hosting
Yes but no, companies don't buy servers anymore typical, they use services like AWS for scalability which charge an absolute fortune.
You are correct with a service like aws, But of your talking needs for a project like Linode, digital ocean could fit, as this would only need For older titles compute and storage.
Can't charge for service because that would lead to DMCA suits.
There are enough foss our there where except for the server cost would be minimal to maintain