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Nic McConnell @NicMcC83:

this is the most devastating review of anything i've ever seen

Scary Whitta @garywhitta· 1d:

Imagine if your printer was also your car. That's what owning a Tesla is like.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Will that really work in long term? More and more folks are entering gig economy where incomes aren't consistently stable and people have already started to subscribe for minimum time just to consume relevant content. Are they really banking on whales forgetting to unsubscribe?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're on Lemmy. Someone is going to mention unions within seconds.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That was only a metamention.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No they aren't. One thing people need to learn is; executives are some of the dumbest people on this planet. Short term profits far too often wins over logical long term projections.

If they were smart, enshitification wouldn't be reality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure that is true. Their job is to prioritize short term profits. If they instead prioritize long term sanity, their bosses may fire them...