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Hmm I could argue that Philip Dick's doors that demand payment to open are a good pessimistic prediction of the current entshittification.
by nottorp 2y ago
Hmm I could argue that Philip Dick's doors that demand payment to open are a good pessimistic prediction of the current entshittification.
- FinnLobsien 2y agoI do think it's a genuinely interesting speculation—what happens if we paid real-life things not as a subscription, but based on usage, like an API. Not advocating for that at all, but it makes me want to read Ubik or write a short story about how it would affect life.
- nottorp 2y ago> if we paid real-life things not as a subscription, but based on usage, like an API. We used to do that before the push for subscriptions. And in the digital world this is the micropayments dream...
- acuozzo 2y ago> if we paid real-life things not as a subscription, but based on usage Are you thinking a flat rate or one based on local population density?