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their whole "AWS is bad because THEY are engaging in rentier capitalism, we are good because we sell you the tools to let YOU engage in rentier capitalism" shti
by zemo 3y ago
their whole "AWS is bad because THEY are engaging in rentier capitalism, we are good because we sell you the tools to let YOU engage in rentier capitalism" shtick rings empty to me
- steveklabnik 3y agoI don't know what is rentier capitalism about owning compute that your organization uses? Could you walk me through that?
- zemo 3y agothe vast majority of organizations buying this product will use it to build SaaS. Now comes the part where you pretend otherwise ("but hospitals/universities need this too!"), press me for more evidence ("how do you know that's what people buy it for?"), or feign ignorance on the topic ("what's inherently rentier capitalist about SaaS?").
- steveklabnik 3y agoNope, I appreciate the elaboration. Neither of our first two customers are SaaS companies, but there's no point in arguing about it: I have no idea if most of our customers eventually will or not. Thanks for elaborating, I at least grok what you mean now.