snooggums

When Netflix was under $10 I stopped pirating and just watched stuff on Netflix because it was worth it for the convenience at the price point.

That is how they solve piracy. Everything they have been doing over the last couple of years is the reason for the increase in piracy.

A creative interpretation of the firearms policies of 1627.

That is what they pretend it is, but sales like that are intended to be FOMO to convince people who were reluctant to buy ‘just in case because it is so cheap’. Like not even someone who balks at the price, just someone doesn’t want to risk changing their mind later.

That is how companies entice people to buy things they were not even interested in before the sale.

While I am the same way with games, there should be a clear distinction between owning something and access to something with clearly defined limitations.

Some shows I watch once, but I am rewatching Futurama for probably the 20th time or so. Sometimes it is nice to revisit familiar things.

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There will always be people waiting for surgery. It is always scheduled out ahead of time. Even if there was enough doctors to do it immediately in all cases they would schedule them because it takes some time to plan pre and post care for the patient.

Or only offer annual contracts with early cancellation fees.

People that don’t pirate won’t have a choice.

Did they all find love with their childhood sweethearts and ditch their spouses who were just trying to pay for their living expenses on a single income?

Love the bear tracks!

It wasn’t that the airlines were losing money on baggage, it was included in the ticket. It was that they wanted to double dip by charging for the baggage because they could also sell the space to the shipping companies.

We disregard the rights of our own citizens too!

-US

Plus private only offers better until public goes to shit, then private does whatever the fuck they want, which is prioritize the wealthy who will pay the most. Profits!

I love that this is on YouTube, which us going full force in enshittifying itself right now.

Lemon stealing whores?

I really have no idea.

Apparently the cost of failure in many US states is much lower than it is in Canada: they have more forgiving bankruptcy and corporate law than we do. Meaning serial entrepreneurs don’t have to get it right the first time, and can afford a few locks at the can.

This favors the already wealthy/born into wealth far more than everyone else which contributes to the wealth gap. Especially since a single medical issue can undermine any progress while growing with far more financial impact than in a country with universal health care.

The US situation is favorable to some entrepreneurs.

They will get UBI too so worst case they hit the same floor as everyone else.

But they will never reach that point because taxing the rich will never make them anything other than the richest of the population. They will still be rich, just with a smaller gap between them and everyone else.

As a side note, why are you worried more about the rich than the poor?

Retired people can contribute time to their families, the community, and other non-capitalist endeavors. So could one spouse in a single income family, or those that don’t need to work for income, but to generate profit every adult is now expected to work and never retire.

The flip side is they raise prices anyway so you might as well have UBI

Exactly! They raise costs to increase profits even when their production costs go down due to automation and other system streamlining.