Comment on California May Ban Lyft And Uber From AI Price Gouging Users With Low Phone Batteries

bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Corporations aren there to maximize profits. Not defending them, that’s just what they are.

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  • DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Remember when basically all CEOs were espousing how they’re company was working to make the world a better place? No one even pretends anymore

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  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And this is why profits above a certain threshold need to be taxed to oblivion.

    Massive profit cannot be the single goal.

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    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Taxation is a bandaid solution. Strong taxation is also not realistic as long as the nation is dependant on the economic growth of their domnestic companies.

      You can’t build a sustainable economy based on a system which has the competition of free agents at its base.

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  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Like those stupid broomsticks from fantasia

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