Aviation and Zootopia

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But this is completely different! And do you want to know why? Because, previous changes were consumer led. They came AFTER the technology had run its course, had viable alternatives, and didn’t force a majority of customers to adapt for profit. Also, Apple is lying. This isn’t innovation, it’s a purposeful manipulation of the market that makes physical ownership of content more difficult.

The Floppy Disk wasn’t just abandoned. It was replaced by CD-ROM in the 90s as a more portable & less expensive alternative. And even then, CDs had existed for more than a decade before computer manufacturers made the permanent switch in 2003. And despite the switch, the production of the floppy disks themselves continued until 2011. By the time floppy disks truly faded from production, most ppl didn’t even own one. And when CD-ROM became “obsolete,” they weren’t ripped from the market and even today it’s fairly easy to find readers that are cheap and/or included with desktops or laptops.

But here’s the thing? CD’s aren’t obsolete. Neither are DVDs, USB, and Ethernet and SDs. Not really. What is there to replace them? You could say cloud, streaming, etc. But those aren’t actually replacements, they are just different forms of consuming materials. And a majority of consumers will be inconvenienced without those things. Like how would you even connect a wired mechanical keyboard? That’s not adaptation, it’s inconveniencing consumers until they get used to it.

But it’s more than inconvenience. What all of these exclusions do is get rid of physical data. It slowly ostracizes consumers from the very concept of physical data and that is incredibly dangerous. All softwares, ad-ons, recordings, and medias being relegated to downloadable accessibility makes these things harder to pirate or share. It also encourages monopolies as it makes smaller, independent production and sharing much more difficult. It also makes the distribution of softwares tied to research & employment more easily controlled by corporations rather than people. And most of all, it takes away consumer control of the things that they use.

Like even PlayStation did this with the PS5? Do you really think not having a physical drive is an innovation? With physical games you can reuse, share, and save. I can play Spider-Man, give to my cousin, and then let any friend borrow it. And unless I bought the physical game online, neither google or Amazon can add that to their algorithmic perception of me. But without that…you have content strictly defined on individual basis and algorithms.

It’s just that all of the growing exclusions aren’t adapting. They are willful manipulations for the sake of changing how large scale consumers ingage with technology and the internet.

The kestrel shuffle! Gotta keep them eggs warm!

People need $$$ to buy luxury goods that companies make.

A lot of people rn barely have $ after rent, therefor they cannot stimulate the economy by spending $$$ on luxury goods or services

The economy stagnates due to a a general lack of $ in the hands of the average citizen needed to sustain it

We raise the minimum wage to at least $$$ so that people can survive, pay rent, afford insurance, and have enough leftover to save and maybe purchase luxury goods/services

Economy flows freely again because now everyone is more capable of earning enough to buy luxury goods and save $ (including people who were already making more than minimum wage because now they can argue for raises with ease)

There may be a slight increase to the price of some goods/services, but the new wages can easily still afford it, and really they were going to raise the prices anyways due to inflation.

In all seriousness though if min wage actually followed inflation we would be making $20~ /hr

But no, essential workers and everyone must make below starving wage and then be blamed for not being paid

and then the brain dead boot lockers say that the poor getting paid more including them is bad but execs getting bonuses equal to all their employees annual pay combined x6 is gud cause all that money goes into 1 persons bank and adds to inflation

At least people are knowing that they are worth more than min wage and since all the companies laid people off to save $$ and now have to rehire they cant get anyone unless they raise wages >:3