#chokepointcapitalism — Public Fediverse posts

If you need a spy agency to meet your revenue targets, maybe, just maybe, question your insatiable greed coupled with an utter lack of morals.

https://futurism.com/future-society/usa-today-palatnir-reader-intelligence

#Palantir #usa_today #surveillanceCapitalism #corporateGreed #privacy #userTracking #onlineTracking #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #surveillanceState

If you need a spy agency to meet your revenue targets, maybe, just maybe, question your insatiable greed coupled with an utter lack of morals.

https://futurism.com/future-society/usa-today-palatnir-reader-intelligence

#Palantir #usa_today #surveillanceCapitalism #corporateGreed #privacy #userTracking #onlineTracking #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #surveillanceState

If you need a spy agency to meet your revenue targets, maybe, just maybe, question your insatiable greed coupled with an utter lack of morals.

https://futurism.com/future-society/usa-today-palatnir-reader-intelligence

#Palantir #usa_today #surveillanceCapitalism #corporateGreed #privacy #userTracking #onlineTracking #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #surveillanceState

If you need a spy agency to meet your revenue targets, maybe, just maybe, question your insatiable greed coupled with an utter lack of morals.

https://futurism.com/future-society/usa-today-palatnir-reader-intelligence

#Palantir #usa_today #surveillanceCapitalism #corporateGreed #privacy #userTracking #onlineTracking #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #surveillanceState

Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/18/im-not-bad/

@MrGR @onekind I would challenge the claim "important sales channel". Marketing people claim that #Spotify was the most important channel for all audio. But most creatives don't earn any money there. So, is it? Question the premise. Like Amazon for ebooks & Audible for audiobooks, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, but we can – and should – work without them.

You might want to read Chokepoint Capitalism by @pluralistic (followed by The Internet Con & Enshittification). #ChokepointCapitalism

@MrGR @onekind I would challenge the claim "important sales channel". Marketing people claim that #Spotify was the most important channel for all audio. But most creatives don't earn any money there. So, is it? Question the premise. Like Amazon for ebooks & Audible for audiobooks, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, but we can – and should – work without them.

You might want to read Chokepoint Capitalism by @pluralistic (followed by The Internet Con & Enshittification). #ChokepointCapitalism

@MrGR @onekind I would challenge the claim "important sales channel". Marketing people claim that #Spotify was the most important channel for all audio. But most creatives don't earn any money there. So, is it? Question the premise. Like Amazon for ebooks & Audible for audiobooks, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, but we can – and should – work without them.

You might want to read Chokepoint Capitalism by @pluralistic (followed by The Internet Con & Enshittification). #ChokepointCapitalism

@MrGR @onekind I would challenge the claim "important sales channel". Marketing people claim that #Spotify was the most important channel for all audio. But most creatives don't earn any money there. So, is it? Question the premise. Like Amazon for ebooks & Audible for audiobooks, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, but we can – and should – work without them.

You might want to read Chokepoint Capitalism by @pluralistic (followed by The Internet Con & Enshittification). #ChokepointCapitalism

Pluralistic: Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off" (28 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/

Pluralistic: Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off" (28 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/

Pluralistic: Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off" (28 Oct 2025)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/

"It's companies vs people"

Exactly! I wish, more people would realize that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

https://piped.video/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

#capitalism #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingCrisis #QualityOfLife #EvanEdinger

"It's companies vs people"

Exactly! I wish, more people would realize that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

https://piped.video/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

#capitalism #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingCrisis #QualityOfLife #EvanEdinger

"It's companies vs people"

Exactly! I wish, more people would realize that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

https://piped.video/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

#capitalism #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingCrisis #QualityOfLife #EvanEdinger

"It's companies vs people"

Exactly! I wish, more people would realize that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

https://piped.video/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

#capitalism #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingCrisis #QualityOfLife #EvanEdinger

Reacted like someone with zero critical faculty, #GitHub 👏🏻

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #noAI #genAI #generativeAI #promptEngineering #vibeCoding #LLM #ChatBots #aiChatBot #enshittification #ensh11n #gaslighting #DeceptivePatterns #darkPatterns #automaticOptIn #trainingLLMsIsTheft #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #intellectualProperty

Reacted like someone with zero critical faculty, #GitHub 👏🏻

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #noAI #genAI #generativeAI #promptEngineering #vibeCoding #LLM #ChatBots #aiChatBot #enshittification #ensh11n #gaslighting #DeceptivePatterns #darkPatterns #automaticOptIn #trainingLLMsIsTheft #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #intellectualProperty

Reacted like someone with zero critical faculty, #GitHub 👏🏻

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #noAI #genAI #generativeAI #promptEngineering #vibeCoding #LLM #ChatBots #aiChatBot #enshittification #ensh11n #gaslighting #DeceptivePatterns #darkPatterns #automaticOptIn #trainingLLMsIsTheft #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #intellectualProperty

Reacted like someone with zero critical faculty, #GitHub 👏🏻

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #noAI #genAI #generativeAI #promptEngineering #vibeCoding #LLM #ChatBots #aiChatBot #enshittification #ensh11n #gaslighting #DeceptivePatterns #darkPatterns #automaticOptIn #trainingLLMsIsTheft #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #intellectualProperty

"The cap Google, Facebook, X, Flipboard, Newsbreak, SmartNews, Yahoo, MSN, Reddit, and every other platform puts on independent publishers has crept lower and lower until there’s no space left for us to operate in."

#JoshuaTyler

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/independent-ends.html

I was nodding in sympathetic agreement as I read this post, until I reaches the paragraph where it says ...

(1/?)

#ChokePointCapitalism #IndependentPublishing #WebSearch #SocialMedia

"The cap Google, Facebook, X, Flipboard, Newsbreak, SmartNews, Yahoo, MSN, Reddit, and every other platform puts on independent publishers has crept lower and lower until there’s no space left for us to operate in."

#JoshuaTyler

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/independent-ends.html

I was nodding in sympathetic agreement as I read this post, until I reaches the paragraph where it says ...

(1/?)

#ChokePointCapitalism #IndependentPublishing #WebSearch #SocialMedia

"The cap Google, Facebook, X, Flipboard, Newsbreak, SmartNews, Yahoo, MSN, Reddit, and every other platform puts on independent publishers has crept lower and lower until there’s no space left for us to operate in."

#JoshuaTyler

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/independent-ends.html

I was nodding in sympathetic agreement as I read this post, until I reaches the paragraph where it says ...

(1/?)

#ChokePointCapitalism #IndependentPublishing #WebSearch #SocialMedia

I saw only part of the #ModernMedicalMafia documentary. When they described how PBMs (pharmacy benefits managers) worked, I could see it was an example of #ChokepointCapitalism. It’s been pulled from #Amazon and #Vimeo, but it’s still on #YouTube. #PBM

People have died because they could no longer afford their medications, or they have to choose between rent and food and medication.

https://modernmedicalmafia.com

I saw only part of the #ModernMedicalMafia documentary. When they described how PBMs (pharmacy benefits managers) worked, I could see it was an example of #ChokepointCapitalism. It’s been pulled from #Amazon and #Vimeo, but it’s still on #YouTube. #PBM

People have died because they could no longer afford their medications, or they have to choose between rent and food and medication.

https://modernmedicalmafia.com

I saw only part of the #ModernMedicalMafia documentary. When they described how PBMs (pharmacy benefits managers) worked, I could see it was an example of #ChokepointCapitalism. It’s been pulled from #Amazon and #Vimeo, but it’s still on #YouTube. #PBM

People have died because they could no longer afford their medications, or they have to choose between rent and food and medication.

https://modernmedicalmafia.com

I saw only part of the #ModernMedicalMafia documentary. When they described how PBMs (pharmacy benefits managers) worked, I could see it was an example of #ChokepointCapitalism. It’s been pulled from #Amazon and #Vimeo, but it’s still on #YouTube. #PBM

People have died because they could no longer afford their medications, or they have to choose between rent and food and medication.

https://modernmedicalmafia.com

Almost all of the online payment providers you interact with is backed by one of a handful of giant payment processors (eg PayPal and Stripe, or in China, AliPay and WeChatPay). That are essentially an API between you and the credit card company your card belongs to. That are, in turn. basically APIs between you and the company that hosts your bank accounts.

In other words, companies are squeezing on chokepoints between you and your bank.

(2/?)

#payments #OnlinePayments #ChokePointCapitalism

Almost all of the online payment providers you interact with is backed by one of a handful of giant payment processors (eg PayPal and Stripe, or in China, AliPay and WeChatPay). That are essentially an API between you and the credit card company your card belongs to. That are, in turn. basically APIs between you and the company that hosts your bank accounts.

In other words, companies are squeezing on chokepoints between you and your bank.

(2/?)

#payments #OnlinePayments #ChokePointCapitalism

Almost all of the online payment providers you interact with is backed by one of a handful of giant payment processors (eg PayPal and Stripe, or in China, AliPay and WeChatPay). That are essentially an API between you and the credit card company your card belongs to. That are, in turn. basically APIs between you and the company that hosts your bank accounts.

In other words, companies are squeezing on chokepoints between you and your bank.

(2/?)

#payments #OnlinePayments #ChokePointCapitalism

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/training

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/benefits/personal-independence-payment-pip

I used one on my second attempt to get PIP (successful)!
ICR whether it was https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/benefits/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-mandatory-reconsideration-letter-tool or any of

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2018/january/pip-and-dla-mandatory-reconsideration-letter-tools
https://templatestoolkit.com/mandatory-reconsideration-pip-letter-template/
https://cpag.org.uk/welfare-rights/tools-templates/personal-independence-payment-tools-and-templates
https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/59301/pip-mr-letter-tool

#UnitedKingdom #UK #England #GB #GreatBritain #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #benefits #money #legal #law #RuleOfLaw #lawyer #support #help #information #options #ideas #PIP #UC #UniversalCredit #PersonalIndependencePayment #Unemployment #Income #apply #application #survive #survival #MutualAidSavesLives #MutualAid #education #learn #info #tutorial #HowTo #guide #disabled #disability #DisabilityRightsUK #DisabilityAwareness #capitalism #CapitalismIsKillingYou #ChokepointCapitalism

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/training

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/benefits/personal-independence-payment-pip

I used one on my second attempt to get PIP (successful)!
ICR whether it was https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/benefits/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-mandatory-reconsideration-letter-tool or any of

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2018/january/pip-and-dla-mandatory-reconsideration-letter-tools
https://templatestoolkit.com/mandatory-reconsideration-pip-letter-template/
https://cpag.org.uk/welfare-rights/tools-templates/personal-independence-payment-tools-and-templates
https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/59301/pip-mr-letter-tool

#UnitedKingdom #UK #England #GB #GreatBritain #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #benefits #money #legal #law #RuleOfLaw #lawyer #support #help #information #options #ideas #PIP #UC #UniversalCredit #PersonalIndependencePayment #Unemployment #Income #apply #application #survive #survival #MutualAidSavesLives #MutualAid #education #learn #info #tutorial #HowTo #guide #disabled #disability #DisabilityRightsUK #DisabilityAwareness #capitalism #CapitalismIsKillingYou #ChokepointCapitalism

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/training

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/benefits/personal-independence-payment-pip

I used one on my second attempt to get PIP (successful)!
ICR whether it was https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/benefits/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-mandatory-reconsideration-letter-tool or any of

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2018/january/pip-and-dla-mandatory-reconsideration-letter-tools
https://templatestoolkit.com/mandatory-reconsideration-pip-letter-template/
https://cpag.org.uk/welfare-rights/tools-templates/personal-independence-payment-tools-and-templates
https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/59301/pip-mr-letter-tool

#UnitedKingdom #UK #England #GB #GreatBritain #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #benefits #money #legal #law #RuleOfLaw #lawyer #support #help #information #options #ideas #PIP #UC #UniversalCredit #PersonalIndependencePayment #Unemployment #Income #apply #application #survive #survival #MutualAidSavesLives #MutualAid #education #learn #info #tutorial #HowTo #guide #disabled #disability #DisabilityRightsUK #DisabilityAwareness #capitalism #CapitalismIsKillingYou #ChokepointCapitalism

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/training

https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/benefits/personal-independence-payment-pip

I used one on my second attempt to get PIP (successful)!
ICR whether it was https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/benefits/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-mandatory-reconsideration-letter-tool or any of

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2018/january/pip-and-dla-mandatory-reconsideration-letter-tools
https://templatestoolkit.com/mandatory-reconsideration-pip-letter-template/
https://cpag.org.uk/welfare-rights/tools-templates/personal-independence-payment-tools-and-templates
https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/59301/pip-mr-letter-tool

#UnitedKingdom #UK #England #GB #GreatBritain #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #benefits #money #legal #law #RuleOfLaw #lawyer #support #help #information #options #ideas #PIP #UC #UniversalCredit #PersonalIndependencePayment #Unemployment #Income #apply #application #survive #survival #MutualAidSavesLives #MutualAid #education #learn #info #tutorial #HowTo #guide #disabled #disability #DisabilityRightsUK #DisabilityAwareness #capitalism #CapitalismIsKillingYou #ChokepointCapitalism

The role of commercial policy in politics is to keep private companies under control not to do them favors. That's to ensure, that #capitalism is not unleashed. That's the duty of the state towards its citizens. Because capitalism, at its core, is an Ouroboros that would devour itself if given the chance.

#chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #Corpocracy

The role of commercial policy in politics is to keep private companies under control not to do them favors. That's to ensure, that #capitalism is not unleashed. That's the duty of the state towards its citizens. Because capitalism, at its core, is an Ouroboros that would devour itself if given the chance.

#chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #Corpocracy

The role of commercial policy in politics is to keep private companies under control not to do them favors. That's to ensure, that #capitalism is not unleashed. That's the duty of the state towards its citizens. Because capitalism, at its core, is an Ouroboros that would devour itself if given the chance.

#chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #Corpocracy

The role of commercial policy in politics is to keep private companies under control not to do them favors. That's to ensure, that #capitalism is not unleashed. That's the duty of the state towards its citizens. Because capitalism, at its core, is an Ouroboros that would devour itself if given the chance.

#chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #Corpocracy

Money is finite. The world is a closed system. In order do make huge amounts of money, you have to take it from somewhere. You do not generate this money out of nowhere.

#WealthDistribution #WealthRedistribution #Oligarchy #capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality

Money is finite. The world is a closed system. In order do make huge amounts of money, you have to take it from somewhere. You do not generate this money out of nowhere.

#WealthDistribution #WealthRedistribution #Oligarchy #capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality

Money is finite. The world is a closed system. In order do make huge amounts of money, you have to take it from somewhere. You do not generate this money out of nowhere.

#WealthDistribution #WealthRedistribution #Oligarchy #capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality

Money is finite. The world is a closed system. In order do make huge amounts of money, you have to take it from somewhere. You do not generate this money out of nowhere.

#WealthDistribution #WealthRedistribution #Oligarchy #capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality

Let's say, there's a rich person who owns a company. Said person has the role "capitalist" and the goal "make profits". So, making profits here is neither good nor evil in itself (I don't like it and I dislike the person for being profit-driven, but that's not the point here), it is just what a person in that role does.

2/

#capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #oligarchy #Corporatocracy

Let's say, there's a rich person who owns a company. Said person has the role "capitalist" and the goal "make profits". So, making profits here is neither good nor evil in itself (I don't like it and I dislike the person for being profit-driven, but that's not the point here), it is just what a person in that role does.

2/

#capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #oligarchy #Corporatocracy

Let's say, there's a rich person who owns a company. Said person has the role "capitalist" and the goal "make profits". So, making profits here is neither good nor evil in itself (I don't like it and I dislike the person for being profit-driven, but that's not the point here), it is just what a person in that role does.

2/

#capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #oligarchy #Corporatocracy

Let's say, there's a rich person who owns a company. Said person has the role "capitalist" and the goal "make profits". So, making profits here is neither good nor evil in itself (I don't like it and I dislike the person for being profit-driven, but that's not the point here), it is just what a person in that role does.

2/

#capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #HumansBeforeProfit #oligarchy #Corporatocracy

@heiseonline Entschuldigung, aber ist es eine gute Idee, mehr Menschen in den Amazon-walled-Garden zu schicken, wo sie direkt in die Abhängigkeit kommen? Mag ja sein, dass es da ein hübsches Tool gibt, aber das alleoine ist kein Grund, sich von einem US-Unternehmen abhängig zu machen. Sagt den Menschen doch wenigstens, wie sie plattformübergreifend frei publizieren. #publishingwide #Selfpublishing #Amazon #ChokepointCapitalism #Enshittification

@heiseonline Entschuldigung, aber ist es eine gute Idee, mehr Menschen in den Amazon-walled-Garden zu schicken, wo sie direkt in die Abhängigkeit kommen? Mag ja sein, dass es da ein hübsches Tool gibt, aber das alleoine ist kein Grund, sich von einem US-Unternehmen abhängig zu machen. Sagt den Menschen doch wenigstens, wie sie plattformübergreifend frei publizieren. #publishingwide #Selfpublishing #Amazon #ChokepointCapitalism #Enshittification

@heiseonline Entschuldigung, aber ist es eine gute Idee, mehr Menschen in den Amazon-walled-Garden zu schicken, wo sie direkt in die Abhängigkeit kommen? Mag ja sein, dass es da ein hübsches Tool gibt, aber das alleoine ist kein Grund, sich von einem US-Unternehmen abhängig zu machen. Sagt den Menschen doch wenigstens, wie sie plattformübergreifend frei publizieren. #publishingwide #Selfpublishing #Amazon #ChokepointCapitalism #Enshittification

@heiseonline Entschuldigung, aber ist es eine gute Idee, mehr Menschen in den Amazon-walled-Garden zu schicken, wo sie direkt in die Abhängigkeit kommen? Mag ja sein, dass es da ein hübsches Tool gibt, aber das alleoine ist kein Grund, sich von einem US-Unternehmen abhängig zu machen. Sagt den Menschen doch wenigstens, wie sie plattformübergreifend frei publizieren. #publishingwide #Selfpublishing #Amazon #ChokepointCapitalism #Enshittification

@kristiedegaris Thank you so much for sharing your story on the unpaid labour of book authors.

I first learned about this through the 2022 book "Chokepoint Capitalism" by @pluralistic which describes in detail how publishers (and other intermediaries) systematically exploit creative workers:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/what-is-chokepoint-capitalism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokepoint_Capitalism

The system is in an advanced stage of #enshittification, and things must change.

#ChokepointCapitalism #author #books #publishing

@kristiedegaris Thank you so much for sharing your story on the unpaid labour of book authors.

I first learned about this through the 2022 book "Chokepoint Capitalism" by @pluralistic which describes in detail how publishers (and other intermediaries) systematically exploit creative workers:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/what-is-chokepoint-capitalism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokepoint_Capitalism

The system is in an advanced stage of #enshittification, and things must change.

#ChokepointCapitalism #author #books #publishing

@kristiedegaris Thank you so much for sharing your story on the unpaid labour of book authors.

I first learned about this through the 2022 book "Chokepoint Capitalism" by @pluralistic which describes in detail how publishers (and other intermediaries) systematically exploit creative workers:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/what-is-chokepoint-capitalism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokepoint_Capitalism

The system is in an advanced stage of #enshittification, and things must change.

#ChokepointCapitalism #author #books #publishing

@kristiedegaris Thank you so much for sharing your story on the unpaid labour of book authors.

I first learned about this through the 2022 book "Chokepoint Capitalism" by @pluralistic which describes in detail how publishers (and other intermediaries) systematically exploit creative workers:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/what-is-chokepoint-capitalism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokepoint_Capitalism

The system is in an advanced stage of #enshittification, and things must change.

#ChokepointCapitalism #author #books #publishing

#capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #oligarchy #Corporatocracy #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #technocracy #HumansBeforeProfit

#capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #oligarchy #Corporatocracy #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #technocracy #HumansBeforeProfit

#capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #oligarchy #Corporatocracy #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #technocracy #HumansBeforeProfit

#capitalism #chokepointCapitalism #oligarchy #Corporatocracy #predatoryCapitalism #corporateGreed #technocracy #HumansBeforeProfit

I am sure. I would love to disable it, but you deliberately didn't include a "disable" button and then sent all the devs into their Christmas and New Year vacation

#GitHub #AI #GitHubCopilot #ChatBot #ArtificialIntelligence #genAI #generativeAI #amCoding #amProgramming #softwareEngineering #softwareDevelopment #ensh11n #enshittification #chokepointCapitalism

I am sure. I would love to disable it, but you deliberately didn't include a "disable" button and then sent all the devs into their Christmas and New Year vacation

#GitHub #AI #GitHubCopilot #ChatBot #ArtificialIntelligence #genAI #generativeAI #amCoding #amProgramming #softwareEngineering #softwareDevelopment #ensh11n #enshittification #chokepointCapitalism