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the problem is capitalism necessitates enshittification. you aren't getting a contender as long as the regulations are abhorrently lax about both the workers a

the problem is capitalism necessitates enshittification. you aren't getting a contender as long as the regulations are abhorrently lax about both the workers and the sellers. along with consumer rights. there just is no economic incentive to improve but rather dig the moat.

pompino 3y ago
(1) Expand network of friends/family. (2) Buy only when you get a recommendation from friends/family. (3) profit? :) Asking the government to create regulations for product quality just means that the lobbyists who actually write those regulations are going to fuck you over yet again.
- guhcampos 3y ago
  I would agree but [1] is likely one of the top 3 biggest exiatential issues facing mankind right now. We live in an age of increasingly weaker connections between people. So while in paper these 3 items look easy, they're likely not.
  - pompino 3y ago
    I am not a person who would know what the biggest existential issues are, but I have always found it to be helpful to ask for product recommendations in the various group chats that I partake in. It also clamps down on consumerism, and I've found that I just buy less stuff. I am fully up to date on all of the latest tech news and new technologies, but my phone is 6 years old and I don't care. Some people have this notion of only buying best-in-class products or the latest stuff which they have to rigorously find by going through tons of reviews and looking at various articles and what not. I have (almost) no FOMO, and I don't mind not having the best, it frees up my time to do more important stuff like spend time with my children or watch a movie with my partner.
- cyanydeez 3y ago
  that's a nice quaint small town logic. we are talking about millions of lives across many industries. government is the family no matter how you personally emotionally identify it.
  - pompino 3y ago
    In a democracy you have to make a case for it. I don't want the government spending tax dollars so they can recommend which sneakers or USB power adapter I can buy. Curation of a marketplace is not an essential service by any stretch of the imagination.
    - cyanydeez 3y ago
      sure you do. you actually want your electronics to interoperate. everyone wants to not have to think about things. really, you disagree with society and it's really impossible to look at modern society and think this happens just by random good nature and not well to poorly coordinated hierarchy. you already benefit from existing regulations but they're so painless that you've intrinsicalyy assumed they're naturally constructed. you live in bizzaro world claiming you don't want unleaded gasoline or clean drinking water, seat belts, crumple zones and the rest.
      - pompino 3y ago
        Gasoline? clean water? Huh? We're talking about Amazon here. I find it hard to believe you're a real person. What a bizarre comment.
        cyanydeez 3y ago
        yes, we're talking about a distributor that unaccountably passes on merchandise. just wait for the digital equivalent of https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982
        3y ago

pompino 3y ago

(1) Expand network of friends/family. (2) Buy only when you get a recommendation from friends/family. (3) profit? :) Asking the government to create regulations for product quality just means that the lobbyists who actually write those regulations are going to fuck you over yet again.

guhcampos 3y ago
I would agree but [1] is likely one of the top 3 biggest exiatential issues facing mankind right now. We live in an age of increasingly weaker connections between people. So while in paper these 3 items look easy, they're likely not.
- pompino 3y ago
  I am not a person who would know what the biggest existential issues are, but I have always found it to be helpful to ask for product recommendations in the various group chats that I partake in. It also clamps down on consumerism, and I've found that I just buy less stuff. I am fully up to date on all of the latest tech news and new technologies, but my phone is 6 years old and I don't care. Some people have this notion of only buying best-in-class products or the latest stuff which they have to rigorously find by going through tons of reviews and looking at various articles and what not. I have (almost) no FOMO, and I don't mind not having the best, it frees up my time to do more important stuff like spend time with my children or watch a movie with my partner.
cyanydeez 3y ago
that's a nice quaint small town logic. we are talking about millions of lives across many industries. government is the family no matter how you personally emotionally identify it.
- pompino 3y ago
  In a democracy you have to make a case for it. I don't want the government spending tax dollars so they can recommend which sneakers or USB power adapter I can buy. Curation of a marketplace is not an essential service by any stretch of the imagination.
  - cyanydeez 3y ago
    sure you do. you actually want your electronics to interoperate. everyone wants to not have to think about things. really, you disagree with society and it's really impossible to look at modern society and think this happens just by random good nature and not well to poorly coordinated hierarchy. you already benefit from existing regulations but they're so painless that you've intrinsicalyy assumed they're naturally constructed. you live in bizzaro world claiming you don't want unleaded gasoline or clean drinking water, seat belts, crumple zones and the rest.
    - pompino 3y ago
      Gasoline? clean water? Huh? We're talking about Amazon here. I find it hard to believe you're a real person. What a bizarre comment.
      - cyanydeez 3y ago
        yes, we're talking about a distributor that unaccountably passes on merchandise. just wait for the digital equivalent of https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982
        3y ago