"The secret ingredient is crime". ~Super Hans
How about
- reinventing trains but worse
- rocketing amount of space launches filling up junk
- we deliver everything but once we take over it'll all be crap rip off products (for slave wages)
- we deliver any food by people who can't drive (for slave wages)
- we'll create algorithms to enforce society divisions and hurt mental health of children
- we'll take over a popular platform and make it even more disgusting and fascist
Personally I'd say every single product and service being transparently wrapped in a personal information honeypot
Just give me your ID bro. It's totally to protect the kids bro.
I like those note-taking apps that require my location for a better user experience
In case someone needs help:
Uber/Lyft
Airbnb
Bitcoin/Crypotocurrency
ChatGPT/LLMs
Because you have 2/4 general terms:
- Rideshare
- Short term rentals
- Crypto
- LLM
Cryptocurrency not Cryptography to disambiguate again
Cryptozoology? I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE FUCKING BIGFOOT!!!
"Rideshare" is also the least accurate term used to dodge regulations. It is just a taxi/cab. You are paying someone to get you from one place to another. They aren't sharing their ride, they were never going where you are going before you told them to.
"Exploiting immigrants to deliver food"
Wait till you learn about their latest innovation!
Exploiting individuals from other countries to bypass labor laws in the country of business operation via distributed outsourcing. Why even pay minimum wage in the US?
Hmmm ... the technology that is literally driving people insane so a few investors can make advertising money
"We're living in the future. I'll tell you how I know. I read it in the paper. Fifteen years ago."
I personally hate the "thanks to AI you now can speak to your dead relatives" ones. Especially those ones which try to spin it like a personal story for the developer of the app. Oh shut up, you would sell your own mother for money. And also you are too late to jump on that bandwagon so get lost, we have enough of you leeches.
Where's "video games that you never actually own, but at least you pay to beat them"?
Where's "removal of a common phone feature, because if you don't buy a $528 external DAC and a $9164 planar headphones, you'll be okay with a pair of raycons"?
Don't forget about the tech/government surveillence state that is all up in your ass
The Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus.
It so happens that stuff useful for criminals is sometimes also useful for political dissidents or simply people who consider the country's laws too oppressive. Encrypted communication is another example of this.
Having watched enough Kitboga I think we're underestimating the impact of the sheer joy and catharsis fake money for criminals ends up causing
These results are so backwards. Does literally anyone feel bad for the legal cab companies? lol
Just because the legal system is bad doesn't make an illegal system better. You fix the legal problem.
"I can't find a cab doesn't mean the solution is unregulated gig workers.
"Don't worry if an independent contractor rapes you, just give him 1 star and the free market will fix the problem."
Think of how much money Starbucks would save if they made their employees provide their own coffee machines, beans and paper cups. That's where it's going.
Profits are higher than ever before! (For the companies, not the workers)
About cab companies, not really. Often times they operate as a cartel. But they do have better working conditions for drivers and less precariousness
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