Comment on An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification ...
prole@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoRent seeking. It’s called rent seeking, and there is nothing new about it.
Comment on An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification ...
prole@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoRent seeking. It’s called rent seeking, and there is nothing new about it.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But rent seeking sounds too… clean. It’s almost an euphemism. Because in the end, the result is that for a whole lot of people, the experience of using the services goes to shit.
prole@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I just like pointing out that it’s nothing new.
It may not be a flashy term, but it has a lot of historical context and it’s basically a defining feature of modern capitalism at this point.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Absolutely. I read a whole lot about it after I posted my previous comment. Rent seeking is definitely the right term.
prole@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Glad to hear it. Spread the word, it’s a great term imo, and something more people need to be aware of.