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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

pricing can be completely automated

when that's working there's no reason they couldn't do surge pricing. an infrastructure existing with only the prospect of modifying their pricing algorithms & updating it more frequently to enchance profitability.

you can't squeeze blood from a fucking stone

you can bleed an awful lot from monopolized essential goods

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can't make a profit from people who have no money to spend

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

this is just a basic contradiction of capital, obviously its true in the long term but capitalists will always pursue the road of maximum profit to the ends of a common ruin of the classes. they're going to do surge pricing and all manner of new horrors if not restrained by a state or overthrown

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

porky-happy: “Is that a challenge?”

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

A whole lot more people will learn to sail the high Seas 🏴‍☠️