Current Events > This CE thing is just a reflection of the wider breaking of the internet.

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pinky0926 04/17/24 4:37:07 AM #1:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVYG1mu8Lg8 TL;DW - everything you used to get is now worse by design, because we are all chumps. Like Uber eats offering you "priority delivery" at a premium, which just means...the driver won't make stops on the way to deliver your food...you know, like how food delivery always used to work. Subscription services and tier systems are just a way of making things actively worse for you so that you have to pay more to get what used to be offered. All because what was the revolutionary new subscription service model is now just monopolies in a terrifying new format. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:979954179] in This CE th... [t:80749157]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVYG1mu8Lg8TL;DW - everything you used to get is now worse by design, because we are all chumps. Like Uber eats offering you "priority delivery" at a premium, which just means...the driver won't make stops on the way to deliver your food...you know, like how food delivery always used to work. Subscription services and tier systems are just a way of making things actively worse for you so that you have to pay more to get what used to be offered. All because what was the revolutionary new subscription service model is now just monopolies in a terrifying new format. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GuerrillaSoldier 04/17/24 4:47:41 AM #3:	i'm not clicking that, but ok pinky --- Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm. Die-hard Oakland A's fan --- Keep the A's in Oakland! <cite>GuerrillaSoldier posted [p:979954241] in This CE th... [t:80749157]...</cite> <quote>i'm not clicking that, but ok pinky </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GranAures 04/17/24 4:55:49 AM #4:	pinky0926 posted... the driver won't make stops on the way to deliver your food...you know, like how food delivery always used to work. How long ago are we talking? Not generally disagreeing with the premise but I know pizza delivery was still sending doubles and triples at worst a decade ago and almost 15 years, well before gig apps. --- Just because I have 99% of a heart doesn't mean it can't kill me. It's tried. Twice. My body has a dongle and my heart doesn't care. He/They <cite>GranAures posted [p:979954279] in This CE th... [t:80749157]...</cite> <quote>pinky0926 posted... </cite><quote>the driver won't make stops on the way to deliver your food...you know, like how food delivery always used to work.</quote>How long ago are we talking? Not generally disagreeing with the premise but I know pizza delivery was still sending doubles and triples at worst a decade ago and almost 15 years, well before gig apps. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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