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Another example of capitalism's relentless pursuit of value extraction from anything and everything with no consideration given to the side effects, because mon
by minikites 5y ago
Another example of capitalism's relentless pursuit of value extraction from anything and everything with no consideration given to the side effects, because money is the only way to measure success and importance in our society. We should be building a society for the benefit of everyone, instead of building a society optimized for value extraction for the benefit of a small few.
- gxqoz 5y agoIt's worth keeping in perspective what's already done to many films. Namely, air them on television in an edited form with lots of commercial breaks. This was certainly not the original intention of the directors--at least until modern times.
- gxqoz 5y agoOr even more egregious the channel logos and promos that routinely appear over content. It had been a long time since I had watched linear TV and saw one of these again. I forgot how annoying they are.
- me_me_me 5y agoOn odd occasion I would watch a movie when visiting my parents, every single time I am just shocked when commercials pop up, and it lasts for ever. I can't believe I was used to that. Now its just unacceptable.