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Cake day: August 8th, 2023

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  • There didn’t even need to be a deliberate cartel for this to happen either.

    Amazon realized it could make money and grow the company by offering cloud services and now AWS runs something like 30% of the internet.

    Google turned their leading search algorithms into an extensive tracking and advertising platform that integrates with most of the internet.

    Apple decided that people don’t need to be allowed to tinker with and repair their own devices so that hardware can be locked into a four-year cycle of planned obsolescence.

    A whole bunch of profit-maximizing firms did the hard job of controlling everything for the governments.





  • I went into a startup job. It’s not a con because everyone knows that your job is less secure, and employers have to figure out how to incentivize their employees to be willing to stick around. Absolutely zero people were under the impression a startup job would be secure in the long run.

    If you’re in a good startup, it can be a great way to take some of that venture capital funding as your wages. If you’re in a bad one, at least job hopping isn’t that rare so you can just move on to your next job and it’s a normal thing.

    Our world is shaped by those capitalists, but that doesn’t mean these jobs are a con.




  • Comparable? Not really. The i3, Leaf, and Bolt didn’t have the same fast charging capability or range as the Model 3, and luxury brands are out of reach for the average consumer.

    The vehicles that are actually putting out comparable specs had their first model years in 2021 (Ford, VW) or 2022 (Hyundai and Kia).