• phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    We solved printing decades ago. What’s the need to constantly add more complexity in pricing? It’s not like there were major breakthroughs in technology or something. Printing is printing.

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      6 months ago

      We’ve had some major breakthroughs in gouging and selling things as a service at exorbitant rates.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        We’ve had some major breakthroughs in regulatory capture of the FTC.

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      6 months ago

      Maybe you should think a little more about the shareholders and little less about yourself. /s

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      6 months ago

      It’s called capitalism, and it relies on constant and infinite growth, which is impossible, but that’s not going to stop those making all the money from trying (until the whole thing collapses on us all while they hide out in their bunker).