- cross-posted to:
- memes@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- memes@lemmy.ml
On some of those late nights, especially when I picked up Indian food, I’d be hungry enough to genuinely consider this
On some of those late nights, especially when I picked up Indian food, I’d be hungry enough to genuinely consider this
I’m convinced that the real goal of most tech these days is not to solve problems, but to make them someone else’s problems.
You’re a driver and think we’re not paying you enough? Sorry, our hands are tied, it’s all algorithmic.
You want sick time and health care? Sorry, since your manager is an app you’re technically not an employee but an independent contractor.
You want the food you paid for? Sorry, that’s between you and the driver and/or restaurant. We’re just a mediator.
And then they dupe some of us into blaming the consumers or workers. This is not a problem you can solve with market forces.
They act this way because the regulatory environment allows them to, not because they’re carefully watching what consumers think.
Remember, these are companies that are willing to burn billions to shut down any threats to their business models. By all means, be choosy with where you spend your money and who you work for. But don’t delude yourself into thinking that’s how we win.
Thats a nice way of putting it. I always just thought of it as inserting themselves into things that worked fine before but now they extract margin from everyone involved.
I used to just phone a local business and someone would who worked for them would bring me food. It worked fine.
There should be a bot that responds with this every fucking time somebody says “boycott.”
(I say as someone who has been boycotting several large companies for decades, to zero observable effect.)