cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43990476

Your daily reminder that by supporting Big Tech, you are contributing to the insane wealth disparity.

Rather support smaller businesses, where your money helps create actual jobs and grow the working class.

If you haven’t started your journey, please check out: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/

There are so many excellent choices out there that give you a similar or better experience.

  • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    34
    ·
    2 months ago

    I propose there is a final step in Cory Doctorow’s enshittification theory, which is one step past the company collecting rents from captured business and customer bases: the CEO leading the enshittification push collecting exorbitant rewards for facilitating the process.

  • Jackie's Fridge@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    22
    ·
    2 months ago

    So what exactly does he do that’s worth $300,000/hr? Or let’s say he works 10 hours a day, 7 days a week for the whole year (and you know he does not), $190,000/hr?

    • Eximius@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      2 months ago

      He comes from a long line of nobility and these tech lands were promised to him as a dowry

  • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    edit-2
    2 months ago

    My problem is how do I get people to stop using google.

    I can open a business, but if I’m not on the monopoly search app, nobody will know.

    I don’t use google anymore, but everyone else does, and no, they won’t migrate off gmail and Apple and Google don’t let you change your search provider. Google doesn’t even let you remove Google Search from pixel launcher.

  • vane@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 months ago

    It’s not Google problem, it’s problem of people that work for Google. They create the system that allows that.