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I'm going to place an order for the book right now. I encourage you all to do the same. We the people hold the power to keep in check the immoral companies, go
by giwook 6mo ago
I'm going to place an order for the book right now. I encourage you all to do the same.
We the people hold the power to keep in check the immoral companies, governments, and other unscrupulous entities that would exploit the collective to enrich the few. And ultimately that's through our money and how we spend it.
Screw Meta and their anti-human business model.
- fsloth 6mo agoIt’s also a damn good book! More like Catch-22 than a cheap ”spill the tea” ride.
- vntok 6mo ago[flagged]
- loloquwowndueo 6mo agoMaybe part of the point is to support the authors a bit through purchasing the book.
- vntok 6mo agoProbably not; OP wants to "check the immoral companies, governments, and other unscrupulous entities" and to "Screw Meta and their anti-human business model". Giving money to the author rather than getting it for free has absolutely nothing to do with that laudable goal. It's not as if the commenter's money would magically go to Meta if they did not give it to the book's author instead.
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- the__alchemist 6mo agoDone
- qnleigh 6mo agoAlso if you use Instagram regularly, consider replacing that time with something else. Does it really offer anything of value to you, compared to the harm Meta has caused?
- turtletontine 6mo agoOr just delete your Instagram account. Really, it’s easier than you think it is. You might find you don’t even miss it.
- ryandrake 6mo agoUnlike an elected government, who the common people at least in theory have a chance to replace via elections, the public pretty much has no say in what these companies and their leadership are allowed to do. Nobody voted for Meta. Nobody voted for Palantir. Nobody voted for Philip Morris. You can say that someone "voted with their wallet," but that doesn't point to a viable solution. "Not voting with your wallet" essentially means becoming a hermit and living isolated in the woods. Because there are no alternate companies that are ethical. Ethics have costs, and the nature of competition means that ethical companies will always be outcompeted and die to companies who don't care to pay those cost.
- CPLX 6mo agoThe solution is to not allow concentration of corporate power at this level and to break it up when it happens anyways. The root cause under all this IS government policy. All the giant tech companies are the product of years of already illegal behavior that was not enforced.
- Noaidi 6mo ago> "Not voting with your wallet" essentially means becoming a hermit and living isolated in the woods. This is a total exaggeration and just gives power to these companies. You can start here: https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ YOU voted for Facebook when you use it, by not installing a hosts file that blocks it and all advertisements. We do not need to use these platforms, and the less people that use them the less you will need to use it. All we have to do is start making their profit fall and they will change. But it must be a strong and unified effort.
- ben_w 6mo agoUnfortunately, no hosts file on iOS, and it isn't reliably listened to on macOS. But with all the other stuff Apple's doing, I suspect my next machines won't be Apple…
- satvikpendem 6mo ago
- ddtaylor 6mo agoIt's available on libgen as well. To anyone salty about that, free advertising cuts both ways. I support their work and it would appear that their goal is to spread the ideas and messages, as it should be with all publishing.
- robrain 6mo agoBought it on Kobo the day of the initial ban, mostly as a screw-you and reaction to corporate censorship. The fact that it's a good book and tells an interesting story in a clear manner was a side-benefit. Strongly recommend.
- rectang 6mo agoI've just bought my copy. Best-sellers don't sell that many copies in the absolute sense. From what I can tell Careless People has sold around 200,000. Moving the needle just a bit is worth it.
- KaiserPro 6mo agoIts an entertaining read, much more gripping than I was expecting. I assumed it would just be a dirt dishing exercise, combined with self aggrandising horse shit (ie Frances Haugen) But actually its a good story. One thing to note, all meta employees who are "let go" with any kind of severance has the same clause. They are all basically given a bunch of cash and told "we'll recover this as a debt if you bad mouth us" Which goes against the "freedom of expression" shit the Zuck espouses.
- _heimdall 6mo agoJust be aware that the author really doesn't get much of the money you're spending. The publisher takes a sizable chunk, as does Amazon if you ordered from there.
- itsdesmond 6mo agoThe fuck are you arguing here? Should they not buy the book?
- vntok 6mo agoThey probably shouldn't indeed, if one is to believe some of the comments here. > read the book and honestly the author is just as crazy as the rest of the executive team she skewers
- _heimdall 6mo agoThe fuck I'm not arguing anything. I'm only pointing out that buying the book only to support the author likely isn't as impactful as it could seem, especially if the idea is to give the middle finger to large corps like amazon.
- whynotminot 6mo agoBought and read the book and honestly the author is just as crazy as the rest of the executive team she skewers. I’m not too broken up that she didn’t get more money from my purchase.
- badgersnake 6mo ago> Screw Meta and their anti-human business model. Let’s not forget they’re also behind all this age verification BS.
- ndesaulniers 6mo agoIt was a page turner. I recommend it.