[slg]

It reminds me of Reddit cracking down on 3rd party apps or Twitter changing that policy and a whole lot more once Musk took over. The problem isn't necessarily the actions or policies in a vacuum. There are legitimate benefits to these approaches. The problem is it feels like these communities were built up around certain practices and there was no reason to expect those practices to change. So when there is a big change that only happens after a platform has already reached near monopoly status, it feels like a bait and switch to users because many people would have never signed up for a platform with those policies in the first place.

[Sharlin]

I guess the moral of the story is that everything must be assumed to be bait-and-switch in the presence of capital interests.

[MichaelZuo]

Why can’t other interests, such as labour interests, also bait-and-switch?

[crabmusket]

Here's my conjecture: doing so is not in the interests of labour. So to the extent that labour has power, it would tend to act differently.

[immibis]

They CAN, but capital interests ARE. Speculation: labour interests care about making enough money to get by, while capital interests care about making maximum money and are therefore insatiable.

[Gud]

What makes you think most labour are interested in “getting by”?

In my experience, they aren’t.

[immibis]

How often do you ask your boss for a raise or go job hunting?

1. When your money's running low or your job feels shitty, or

2. Constantly whenever you think you can get a raise or a better job

[Gud]

I don’t see how that is relevant? Switching job is a fairly painful process. Doesn’t mean I’m not in it for the money.