Buying MS Office -> Annual subscription (software-as-as-service)
Yeah...It be a shame if someone told people about free alternatives like Libre Office, wouldnt it?
Buying cars for running a taxi service -> Using someone else's car for a fee (Uber)
Arguably, this screws the big taxi companies that monopolize all the taxi medallions in large cities (you have to have one of these to drive a taxi), thus making it easier for someone to start their own business.
Buying seeds -> Pay royalty to Monsanto for seed use (seeds are slightly genetically modified from naturally occurring ones, so they can claim to be engineered and therefore patented. If you then somehow make all natural varieties extinct and you own the only remaining species).
yeah, if only natural seeds were still available for sale online. If only somebody would actually grow seed stock to sell to farmers as a discount over the monsanto crap...
Building a motel/hotel -> Using someone's else house or hotel for a fee
is there something wrong with renting out a room in your own home that you barely use? I mean there are risks obviously, but is there some moral objection to that? if you're talking about the apps that list your room, even hotels have to advertise, ffs.
So why not Big Pharma too?
It all comes down to that old Communist saying, "Never let a good tragedy go to waste."
As to the upgrade language. It's a little sketch, but it also makes sense that companies wanna use the "hep language" of the young'in to make themselves look modern and with it.
Someone on this site said it once: immunity-as-a-service model for COVID-19 vaccines. Pay your annual fee to upgrade your immunity to the latest threats out there (like the antivirus on your computer).
The argument here is to do you own research before making a decision on any medical treatment. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Think about how much money you make from treating patients indefinitely vs curing them in one shot? Why would you ever release a cure? You'd try to stop any information about non-patentable remedies.
My examples might not be the best ones. But they aren't that important. I was only using them show the trend, which taken to extremes (like "you will own nothing and be happy") is troubling. Troubling because the owners can deny you service if they don't like you.
What happens if the group of owners is small and they form a collusion on whom to provide service to? They would have way too much power over the commoners.
I also added another comment which provides context to what I was thinking about when I talked about renting a house.
Nothing new
Yeah...It be a shame if someone told people about free alternatives like Libre Office, wouldnt it?
Arguably, this screws the big taxi companies that monopolize all the taxi medallions in large cities (you have to have one of these to drive a taxi), thus making it easier for someone to start their own business.
yeah, if only natural seeds were still available for sale online. If only somebody would actually grow seed stock to sell to farmers as a discount over the monsanto crap...
is there something wrong with renting out a room in your own home that you barely use? I mean there are risks obviously, but is there some moral objection to that? if you're talking about the apps that list your room, even hotels have to advertise, ffs.
It all comes down to that old Communist saying, "Never let a good tragedy go to waste."
As to the upgrade language. It's a little sketch, but it also makes sense that companies wanna use the "hep language" of the young'in to make themselves look modern and with it.
The argument here is to do you own research before making a decision on any medical treatment. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
On this we agree.
My examples might not be the best ones. But they aren't that important. I was only using them show the trend, which taken to extremes (like "you will own nothing and be happy") is troubling. Troubling because the owners can deny you service if they don't like you.
What happens if the group of owners is small and they form a collusion on whom to provide service to? They would have way too much power over the commoners.
I also added another comment which provides context to what I was thinking about when I talked about renting a house.