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Pluralistic: Millionaire on billionaire violence (10 Aug 2025)
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Millionaire on billionaire violence: Let them fight.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: Private equity vs investors; French teens who fought Nazis
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on August 9, 2025August 15, 2025Categories UncategorizedTags antitrust, capitalism, elite disunity, feudalism, political science, rents, trustbusting8 Comments on Pluralistic: Millionaire on billionaire violence (10 Aug 2025)
Pluralistic: Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital (20 Jan 2025)
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Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital: Sure, they want "profit at all costs" but ask yourself, 'why is enshittification profitable?'
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on January 20, 2025January 31, 2025Categories UncategorizedTags activitypub, adversarial interoperability, atproto, Bluesky, capitalist unrealism, captive users, collective action problems, comcom, enshittification, even if youre paying for the product youre the product, federation, fediverse, fire exits, fracture lines, if youre not paying for the product youre the product, jack welch, leftism, mastodon, praxis, profits, rents, social media, switching costs, technofeudalism5 Comments on Pluralistic: Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital (20 Jan 2025)
Pluralistic: A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement (29 Jul 2024)
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A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement: Actual property rights are less important than the metaphorical property rights of "IP."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2019, 2023
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Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
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Colophon: All the rest.
Continue reading "Pluralistic: A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement (29 Jul 2024)"
Author Cory DoctorowPosted on July 29, 2024July 31, 2024Categories UncategorizedTags action replay, adblock plus, adblocking, axel springer, bgh, bnetd, capitalism, cjeu, computer programs directive, copyfight, copyright, datel, eu, eyeo, felony contempt of business model, feudalism, germany, ip, profits, rents, sony, torrentfreak3 Comments on Pluralistic: A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement (29 Jul 2024)
Pluralistic: Podcasting "Capitalists Hate Capitalism" (18 Apr 2024)
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Podcasting "Capitalists Hate Capitalism": "Competition is for losers."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
Recent appearances: Where I've been.
Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em.
Colophon: All the rest.
Continue reading "Pluralistic: Podcasting "Capitalists Hate Capitalism" (18 Apr 2024)"
Author Cory DoctorowPosted on April 18, 2024April 30, 2024Categories UncategorizedTags economics, locus magazine, mp3s, podcasts, profits, rents, technofeudalism, yanis varoufakis1 Comment on Pluralistic: Podcasting "Capitalists Hate Capitalism" (18 Apr 2024)
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