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I think it’ll be used to push everything I to the cloud since they can “no longer trust putting code on user’s local machines” and we will all have to rent streamed software experienced for the rest of our lives or be unable to function in society.
Honestly fuck capitalism for taking us down this road.
That won't be a sustainable option for most software, as they need to work offline, plus a majority of customers still live in areas where reliable high bandwidth internet (a requirement for streaming software at any usable rate) isn't really available.
Capitalism has nothing to do with this. It's corruption, incompetent politicians, and a lazy populace who would rather bitch online than go out and vote (something I'm definitely guilty of, but am actively working to change)
The direction things are going are to concentrate wealth and power into the hands of a very small group of assholes. There is no economic or political system that can fix the problems those assholes have been exploiting to pull this off. The only thing that can prevent that is an informed and energized population of voters.
Like, we all want to see Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg, etc in prison. It feels like they're untouchable, but literally all it would take to do that is to spend a few minutes filling out a ballot to get rid of the career politicians who have been in office too long (and thus are more likely to be corrupt). Even local elections matter.
"it's not the very system we live and work under that are responsible for the ill effects in all facets of our lives, it's just some random luck that a few people get to make all the decisions that benefit them at the expense of everyone and everything else!"
you sound silly
Of course I sound silly. You're putting your words in my mouth.
so.....the extended consequences of rampant capitalism ?
well...rampant "people gonna people" but capitalism is the current favoured expression of that.