Is it any weirder than the Barilla x Arduino collab?

https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/10/12/barilla-and-arduino-this-is-not-your-grandmas-pasta/

You have to pay to remove the catgirl. The free service features the catgirl.

Wherever, we are not going to consume our way to a better future.

But they are living off of the value produced by their workers, assuming it’s not just literally the owner working. Also, most small business owners I’ve worked really scummy and shady. A lot of people go into business because they are literally unemployable. Personality disorder, criminal past etc. You are much more likely to be a victim of wage theft.