You're missing a drive to make billions or wield power, silly.
Of course there's always been ways to do this ethically. But the ones up top don't make money from that. And they can spend billions convincing people the only way it works is with whatever makes them money.
I didn't see this specifically coming. But I saw this enshittification from a mile away the moment they changed leadership and how they immediately talked about wanting to IPO. It was never going to stop at aggressively pushing Nitro for this sort of c-suite
>a simpler alternative that preserves core functionality
That's practically a contradiction, sadly. The core features people want are all varied. You'd need 4-5 "simple" apps to replicate them all, but people want all their eggs in one basket.
Linux won't rise to the occasion because there's no figurehead leading the rise. Linux's greatest strength and weakness is in its breadth of a community. But that's not how you traditionally attract a mainstream audience.
That's why Valve is the best chance here, and why I'm not too optimistic. Valve's incentives are to make its own walled garden, which in my eyes defies the idea of linux. But that seems to be the only thing that works these days.
>If it doesn't have enough of the utility, performance, and positive UX, it will never gain enough market share to matter.
That's part of why billionaires will continue to screw people over. They will try and stay in bed with the familiar evil, rather than put up with the temporary inconvenience of freedom.
And it's a negative spiral. Less users means less money to bring in staff which means less means to improve. Discord didn't become discord in a month, but other competitiors don't get that grace period.
>and that they can tax billionaires more without them simply leaving the state (because CA is magical and unique (it's the 4th largest economy in the world, don't you know!) and they'll come crawling back to be a part of it)
more like because data from other wealth taxes has shown that millionaires don't leave that easily. If they are, they are replaced by others
It fell, like much of the post COVID world. But somehow, I don't think that 600m tax opportunity cost contributed to 112 billion dollar drop in GDP. And then after that it basically stayed flat (rose by 1 billion, or.2% rise)
So, not too convinced this is a net loss for society. Studies in New York (pre Mamdmi) show that more people will come in than leave if the area is desired enough.
I didn’t say the tax gap caused the drop in GDP. I did say the capital flight caused the tax to wildly underperform revenue estimates, which is objectively true.
I love how this goes from “there’s no evidence wealthy move” to, when presented with evidence wealthy move, “well, ok, I’m not convinced this is a net loss for society”
> He once tweeted that seven of the city’s supervisors — all progressives — should “die slow, motherfuckers” in a late-night polemic. The tweet, which Tan said was a joke, prompted hateful mail and police reports.
Yeah, my benefit of the doubt (which was already zero for a rich person in politics) is negative.
he's been "clarfying his position" for a decade at this point. This isn't new behavior in the slightest, and it's only been more emboldened as of late.
Tan isn't exactly non-violet either, so more confused on the tangent:
>He once tweeted that seven of the city’s supervisors — all progressives — should “die slow, motherfuckers” in a late-night polemic. The tweet, which Tan said was a joke, prompted hateful mail and police reports.
I wouldn't even be surprised at this point. Seems like the files will unironically unravel 90% of the elite class at this rate.
What an absolute pathetic hill to die on. You have the riches to fund entire industries, explore the whole world or even beyond, to please any hedonistic pleasure you have... but many chose to do one of the 3 unthinkable things in modern humanity.
They've sold out for years already, maybe decades. Why fund them now when the corruption is out in the open?
AP is really one of the few places I'd even consider donating to at this point.
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