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  1. Cory Doctorow @[email protected] ·
    CW: Long thread/23

    I call this "#twiddling" - turning the knobs to continuously adjust the business logic that the firm operates on:

    pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twi

    Twiddling is everywhere, and it is only possible because "it's not a crime if we use an app" has been accepted by (captured) regulators. Think of Amazon's #PricingParadox, where deceptive search results - which Amazon makes $38b/year on - allow the company to *offer* lower prices, but *charge* higher ones:

    pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/att

    23/

    #twiddling #pricingparadox
  2. Cory Doctorow @[email protected] ·
    CW: Long thread/23

    I call this "#twiddling" - turning the knobs to continuously adjust the business logic that the firm operates on:

    pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twi

    Twiddling is everywhere, and it is only possible because "it's not a crime if we use an app" has been accepted by (captured) regulators. Think of Amazon's #PricingParadox, where deceptive search results - which Amazon makes $38b/year on - allow the company to *offer* lower prices, but *charge* higher ones:

    pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/att

    23/

    #twiddling #pricingparadox
  3. Cory Doctorow @[email protected] ·
    CW: Long thread/23

    I call this "#twiddling" - turning the knobs to continuously adjust the business logic that the firm operates on:

    pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twi

    Twiddling is everywhere, and it is only possible because "it's not a crime if we use an app" has been accepted by (captured) regulators. Think of Amazon's #PricingParadox, where deceptive search results - which Amazon makes $38b/year on - allow the company to *offer* lower prices, but *charge* higher ones:

    pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/att

    23/

    #twiddling #pricingparadox
  4. Cory Doctorow @[email protected] ·
    CW: Long thread/23

    I call this "#twiddling" - turning the knobs to continuously adjust the business logic that the firm operates on:

    pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twi

    Twiddling is everywhere, and it is only possible because "it's not a crime if we use an app" has been accepted by (captured) regulators. Think of Amazon's #PricingParadox, where deceptive search results - which Amazon makes $38b/year on - allow the company to *offer* lower prices, but *charge* higher ones:

    pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/att

    23/

    #pricingparadox #twiddling
  5. Cory Doctorow @[email protected] ·
    CW: Long thread/23

    I call this "#twiddling" - turning the knobs to continuously adjust the business logic that the firm operates on:

    pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twi

    Twiddling is everywhere, and it is only possible because "it's not a crime if we use an app" has been accepted by (captured) regulators. Think of Amazon's #PricingParadox, where deceptive search results - which Amazon makes $38b/year on - allow the company to *offer* lower prices, but *charge* higher ones:

    pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/att

    23/

    #twiddling #pricingparadox