eicker to TechnologyEnglish · 13 days agoXbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square209linkfedilinkarrow-up1814arrow-down112 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareilinamoratolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·13 days agoRent-seeking is definitely a sign of a financially-healthy company. Yup. No red flags there.
minus-squaregian @lemmy.grys.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·13 days agoMore than that is a sign that this idea that the next quarter must be always better than the past one cannot work indefinitely.
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 days agoRent-seeking is just late stage capitalism. You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy.
Rent-seeking is definitely a sign of a financially-healthy company. Yup. No red flags there.
More than that is a sign that this idea that the next quarter must be always better than the past one cannot work indefinitely.
Rent-seeking is just late stage capitalism. You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy.