• Alice@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    GOOD. I can’t think of any other industry where I’m expected to buy broken products and hope someone will come and fix it later.

    …OK, I just remembered every apartment I’ve rented and spent the next several days on the phone with maintenance. But other than that

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      1 month ago

      I mean, your counterexample is already the epitome of exploitation, so I’m not sure citing it would exonerate Paradox here :D

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        1 month ago

        Yeah, the backwater slumlord who managed to avoid ever meeting me in person while bleeding me dry for three years isn’t the nicest comparison.

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      1 month ago

      I mean, your counterexample is already the epitome of exploitation, so I’m not sure citing it would exonerate Paradox here :D