• plz1@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’ll be abusive to users, not customers. Their customers are advertisers, not the users.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Normally I’d be like “oh god, semantics”

      But fuck me, you’re not at all wrong and that’s important.

    • Womble@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Not abusive to customers (advertisers) at first. Until they have a lock in and then they’ll start abusing them too. That’s the third step on the enshitification pathway.

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        No. The users are still no more than raw material that gets used. Now maybe the raw material has gained a little worth, that’s all.