Comment on Unity's Plan Won't Work, but Someone Else's Will | TechnoFeudalism in Games and Beyond

• ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The absolute absurdity of framing and drawing comparisons between the technology sector and feudalism.

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  • kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well that’s why he called it “techno-feudalism” because he does recognise it’s anachronistic

    Have you watched the video? The point stands tho. Argument goes as follows: “just like in feudal times you were forced to pay a rent for the privilege of living on the land of your lord, likewise nowadays companies seek to establish a rent seeking position, like leeches, where you pay for the sole privilege of using their product. It’s different from ‘a price’ because customers often have no other choice.”

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    • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh I guess there aren’t open source alternatives.

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