The Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus.
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”?
Where’s “video games that you never actually own, but at least you pay to beat them”?
This new and groundbreaking technological innovation?
So gatcha games are just video games returning to their roots?
It gets funnier when people do everything they can to not even play them, even paying to cheat
It’s like Idiocracy and the waiting guy
https://media.tenor.com/k8VaJE8rchAAAAAM/patience-waiting.gif
Don’t forget about the tech/government surveillence state that is all up in your ass
Forgot “Glorified Pump-&-Dump scheme” (NFT’s)
Lering center
What would we do without capitalist innovation? Before capitalism, nothing was invented. Look at us now!
Need to add illegal gambling to the list
Naw, crime is legal now.
What’s worse?
Illegal gambling in traditional sense (poker, dice, slots, etc) or legal gambling loopholes like video game lootboxes? 🤔
Probably loot boxes since it more directly targets children
Much like flavored tobacco or alcoholic drinks directly target children. /s
Downvote but no argument? It’s exactly the same kind of logic being used to push age verification laws.
Protecing children is a parents job first and foremost, all the excuses I hear from parents read to me like maybe you shouldn’t have had children if you can’t dedicate the time to educating yourself and watching over their activities to a minimal degree.
All the laws being proposed and implemented generally just impact adults much more then children anyway.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b3c5d436-a7ba-4657-8a9d-0fec9edce801.png?thumbnail=1500&format=webp
Night sky destroyer
What about dystopian surveillance tech?
I like those note-taking apps that require my location for a better user experience
What do you mean you don’t want location tags in your notes?
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.
Personally I’d say every single product and service being transparently wrapped in a personal information honeypot
It’s funny how a lot of “innovations” are really just old ideas wrapped in new technology.
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
