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> Paying for a service does not make a company fear you, and anyone who thinks they can buy a platform's loyalty by paying for a service is a simp. A corporatio
by michaelt 3y ago
> Paying for a service does not make a company fear you, and anyone who thinks they can buy a platform's loyalty by paying for a service is a simp. A corporation is an immortal, transhuman colony organism that uses us as inconvenient gut-flora: no matter how much you love it, it will never love you back. It can't experience love – only fear.
Right, but for a lot of us in tech, corporations are also how we get paid.
If users pay my employer directly, with cash? That's great. If users pay my employer indirectly, by viewing ads? If that's what they want it's fine, I guess.
But a solution where my employer can't afford to pay me? Unthinkable.
- cess11 3y agoOther companies are paying, "users" are what's delivered to them in return. Some of the money the customer is using to pay for the "users" might come from the "users" themselves, but they're likely to have subsidies and revenue from entirely separate sources too.
- JohnFen 3y agoWhich underlines the fact that your employer is your customer.