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by arccy 458 days ago
They only need to make money in aggregate, they might make $0 out of you, but $2 out of someone else.
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This is where tech arrogance comes in. We very much like to believe we’re the zero.

Judging by how much hyper-consumerist behavior I see in myself and my coworkers, we’re not. Everyone is constantly buying shit they don’t need and then justifying it.