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The problem isn't the "smart" things. It's that companies are exploiting that "smart" to have more leverage and control over user and increase revenue. Even wor
by fendy3002 3y ago
The problem isn't the "smart" things. It's that companies are exploiting that "smart" to have more leverage and control over user and increase revenue. Even worse, even some regulations are supporting that practice rather than against them.
In the future (or maybe it already is), most of our appliances and vehicles will be subscription-based just because companies can push it.
- OneLeggedCat 3y ago> In the future (or maybe it already is), most of our appliances and vehicles will be subscription-based just because companies can push it. This makes me angry and sad. But evidence so far shows it to be completely true. Free markets are not properly sorting this out, because markets are not really free. Instead they are mostly oligopoly, and can thus control image and regulation and competition.