TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set.
    • @[email protected]English
      16•6 months ago

      It only works in competition which we don’t have for the most part.

      Instead we have the illusion of choice through multiple brand product names. There’s a couple choices, sure, but few enough to function as an effective monopoly.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•6 months ago

        I notice OP said

        This world of monopoly

        And you agreed with him, but I’d like to point out you’re talking about one country

        Monopolies are really really bad for consumers and are strictly regulated in modern countries

    • sunzu2
      -1•6 months ago

      You can either vote with your wallet or do nothing…

      Working people have no way to lobby government, shortage of a revolution, real people make decisions for benefit of other real people.

      NPCs are just here to enrich them both.

        • sunzu2
          3•6 months ago

          I don’t agree but you can either vote with your wallet or mindlessly consume.

          One is better than the other but yeah 80% of spending is not really discretionary… Gonna need to get a rental, gonna need healthcare, transports education etc

          But you can stop drinking soda for example… It ain’t much but it is something.

          People don’t have to pay subscriptions either…

            • @[email protected]English
              3•6 months ago

              Is $6 too much for a bag of Ruffles?

              After nearly three years of price increases, signs that buyers have had enough are starting to mount. On Thursday, the food and beverage giant PepsiCo reported a 0.5 percent decline in revenues in the second quarter in its Frito-Lay snack business from year-ago levels, a result of a 4 percent drop in volumes in the category.

              I think maybe we voted with our wallets against $6 chips but you could probably convince me otherwise in a paragraph :)