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Capitalism responds to demand. We have to stop paying for convenience and start demanding better. Save your money from Streaming, purchase used and physical onl

Capitalism responds to demand. We have to stop paying for convenience and start demanding better. Save your money from Streaming, purchase used and physical only. Force the market to adapt to you.

advael 3y ago
The more power companies have to regulate their consumers, as well as the information available to them, the less responsive to demand they have to be. We are in a monopolized enough environment across multiple industries that we can't assume the dynamics of supply and demand work anything like an idealized "free market", if such a thing has ever existed
- widowlark 3y ago
  As an addendum to my statement: If the changes in demand do not result in a change in supply, then piracy is justified.
  - pierat 3y ago
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    - azzentys 3y ago
      Thanks, that's valuable
      - pierat 3y ago
        i expanded it for ya :D Sharing is caring!
    - teddyh 3y ago
      More: <https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread>
isoprophlex 3y ago
The causative factor behind Doctorow's enshittification is these asshat companies controlling both the demand and the supply side. Disintermediation killed the mom and pop music stores, streaming outright killed physical media. Kids starting university don't understand the concept of a file system; documents just live in the docs app, right? Maybe we end up in a situation where there's no escape because the median user is held hostage by the lack of knowledge how the internet should have been.
rakoo 3y ago
No, capitalism responds to the richest. That's the foundation of Capitalism. To think that anything can be done if just everyone paid differently is the epitome of free-for-all lawless libertarianism. How have purchases influenced copyright laws being pushed again and again as Disney demands ? How have purchases changed improved working conditions? Biodiversity ? The climate ? We can't buy a better future, because there'll always be someone richer than us. We need to build it directly and ban the illusion that is the market

Capitalism responds to demand. We have to stop paying for convenience and start demanding better. Save your money from Streaming, purchase used and physical only. Force the market to adapt to you.

advael 3y ago

The more power companies have to regulate their consumers, as well as the information available to them, the less responsive to demand they have to be. We are in a monopolized enough environment across multiple industries that we can't assume the dynamics of supply and demand work anything like an idealized "free market", if such a thing has ever existed

widowlark 3y ago
As an addendum to my statement: If the changes in demand do not result in a change in supply, then piracy is justified.
- pierat 3y ago
  Soulseek STILL WORKS igg-games.com eztv.re 1337x.tw sci-hub.se libgen.rs torrentfreak.com opensubtitles.org nyaa.si So is thepiratebay.org . Search using yandex.com they dont filter torrents like scroogle or bingbong Pirate libraries are this generation's libraries. Brought to you by DaShareZone!
  - azzentys 3y ago
    Thanks, that's valuable
    - pierat 3y ago
      i expanded it for ya :D Sharing is caring!
  - teddyh 3y ago
    More: <https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread>

isoprophlex 3y ago

The causative factor behind Doctorow's enshittification is these asshat companies controlling both the demand and the supply side. Disintermediation killed the mom and pop music stores, streaming outright killed physical media. Kids starting university don't understand the concept of a file system; documents just live in the docs app, right? Maybe we end up in a situation where there's no escape because the median user is held hostage by the lack of knowledge how the internet should have been.

rakoo 3y ago

No, capitalism responds to the richest. That's the foundation of Capitalism. To think that anything can be done if just everyone paid differently is the epitome of free-for-all lawless libertarianism. How have purchases influenced copyright laws being pushed again and again as Disney demands ? How have purchases changed improved working conditions? Biodiversity ? The climate ? We can't buy a better future, because there'll always be someone richer than us. We need to build it directly and ban the illusion that is the market