Exactly. Tariffs are a “pass through cost.”

So, yeah, most people know exactly how they work.

Terminal birth rates across the world are the real gift that keeps giving

What is the flavor of romance?

I think my point stands.

“Just calm down” is better articulated as, “stop saying things that make me feel uncomfortable feelings.”

The rhetoric of manipulation and abusers.

The marginal cost of information goods is zero. Digital Capitalism is inherently a scam, even moreso than physical products.

Yep. The Corporate demand for siloed ecosystems is self-defeating. There are other examples of the same paradigm with VHS v Beta, DVD Audio vs SACD, Dvd vs LaserDisc etc.

Frankly, I don’t really care if the tech dies- the companies that “support” it are too flimsy to be counted on as going-concerns, they’re just fighting their own downward spirals.

This IS the game.

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