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Its getting old. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 178 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I see you like things that work. We've decided that we'll break it, and sell you the solution. We call it service.

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  • [–] 81 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Them: this is pretty good right? And affordable too!

    Me: yeah it's decent, don't touch anything

    Them: we've put in ads

    Me: what? I don't want ads, wtf

    Them: bro, totally have you covered. No ads for $12.99 a month

    Me: arr matey, don't worry yerself 🦜🏴‍☠️

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    This is why I felt like the best thing we all could do is reject every ounce of advertising we could. Marker up all the billboards. If you're watching a video and x3 3 minutes ads play, Leave comments about how the product gave you a bad rash. Make it so all these companies remove themselves from spaces we enjoy. It would also help get rid of the fucking content creators trying to be a copy of the latest and greatest channel but instead waters down the internet with the 10000000 clone of the latest and greatest

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree. I also think ads do influence us way more than almost anyone would believe or admit. Why else would companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ads without batting an eye. Many products cost as much or less than their ad campaign cost to make.

    So I try to avoid ads as much as possible. I haven't seen or heard an ad in a long time aside from billboards and posters which are basically impossible to avoid.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Ads are basically paid graffiti

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    I think they're worse then that though. They attempt to manipulate and influence. Graffiti is just kind of there. Advertising attempts to look like its just there. All so it can actually pull tricks on you. Its a messed up industry.

    After all the ad industry is what spawned climate denialism and also spread confusion between cigarettes and cancer among other issues. Issues that we have to be convinced of otherwise we might actually make a better societal choice. Hell The grandfather of modern advertising Edward Bernays leveraged what he know of human nature and sub consciousness to build this industry.

    Sure almost all ads are benign individually. But as an industry they're pretty evil. Hell if it wasn't for ads, we wouldn't have lost the internet to the shit show it is today. All the identity stealing, data collection and propaganda machines were spawned because we ignored the growing cancer that is online ads.

    When I grew up there was a big push to reject ads and corporate spread. Even sub cultures like punk was focused on rejecting that growing bullshit. Then it all stopped. Like the ads won and now you're the insane one if you say that advertising is a major issue in society today. Now every kid wants their own sponsorships and some do get it.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    Hmm, sorry my associate was meaning "temporary solution", about every year you will need a new one. And we are so generous that if you buy two years in advance we will give you a 10% rebate and a big ole sticker with our brand in bold colors on it so you can give us free publicity.

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    • [–] 90 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    We beat scarcity. We're up to our eyeballs in labor-saving technology. We just left people in charge who cannot imagine using it to save labor.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Exactly, automation shouldn't kick some people out of jobs and leave others just as overworked as before, it should automate things that don't absolutely need humans and just decrease the workload of (currently) irreplaceable people so that more people can work as much as one did before and still get the same salary.

    Hell, unemployment as a whole should not exist in the modern era. If there's "too few jobs", decrease working hours and increase wages accordingly so the total monthly/yearly/whatever pay is the same. And if there just physically aren't enough resources to accomodate so many people having decent salaries (which is absolutely not the case right now), then we should start talking about overpopulation.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    And if there just physically aren’t enough resources to accomodate so many people having decent salaries (which is absolutely not the case right now), then we should start talking about overpopulation.

    Don't blame overpopulation, blame the C-levels who think they need to take home 500k+ a year salaries.

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    • [–] 68 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    But have you considered the following:

    Capitalism good because freedom and innovation.

    Bet you feel dumb now.

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    [–] 65 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The sight of Theresa May dance-walking to ABBA was an insult to the United Kingdom and Sweden :(

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    [–] 50 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    1995: Welcome to the internet, check out these awesome stupid websites 2023: Here have an ad, after you subscribe, and accept cookies, and sign your life away to a terms of service written in alien legalese

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    [–] 49 points 2 years ago* (13 children)

    “I’ve made a machine that does the labor of 10 men!”

    “You’re going to still pay the other nine, right?”

    …

    You’re still going to pay the other nine, right?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    So the ten men can all do a tenth of the labor now right?

    Oh you're going to fire nine, cut the tenth's pay, and make him work even longer hours, and keep the vast majority of the profits for yourself, got it. That's fine too I guess...

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    “I’ve made bought a machine that does the labor of 10 men!”

    “You’re going to still pay the other nine, right?”

    "Why? I bought it to get more of the money to myself. Why would I pay for something and get nothing in return? Why would I just lose money for no reason?"

    Seriously though, the dynamics are pretty clear, there's no investment without the expectation for extra profit (even for a state. Invest in a new railroad with the expectation of higher economic activity and therefore more taxes). Otherwise it's just charity

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    [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I created a new email service that prevents spam and organized your email. If it works out and I become successful, I can imagine Google trying to buy it, and if I say no, all of a sudden Gmail starts having issues receiving mail from my service. Gmail and Exchange together share about 70% of the business email market, so they can destroy smaller competitors if they aren’t willing to sell. Yay capitalism!

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    • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    I will never get tired of seeing these pictures

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's* getting old.

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    • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    US healthcare system in a nutshell. Said nut cost $120 in hospital bill.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    My favorite thing about this comment section is the ratio of comment score and comment length

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Unregulated capitalism that made worse by the lack of QOL improvements by the govt is what made these new shitty electronics and tools profitable.

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