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Amazon is a perfect #enshittification parable - platforms subsidize end users until they're locked in, then make life good for business customers at users' expense, until *they're* locked in, then claw back all the value they can, leaving just enough to keep the lock-in going.
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In a new report for @SOMO, @margaridasilva2 describes how the end-stage enshittification of Amazon is playing out in the #EU, with Amazon repeating its US playbook.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Podcasting "Ideas Lying Around"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/12/onl…
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Inside: Podcasting "Ideas Lying Around"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/12/onl…
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Podcasting "Ideas Lying Around": A theory of change based on shovel-ready ideas.
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Hey look at this
* #Toronto Tenants Are Uniting in a Mass #RentStrike jacobin.com/2023/06/toront…
* France legalizes remotely turning on the camera or microphone of smartphones in criminal investigations www-francetvinfo-fr.translate.goog/societe/justic… (h/t Cooper)
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* #Toronto Tenants Are Uniting in a Mass #RentStrike jacobin.com/2023/06/toront…
* France legalizes remotely turning on the camera or microphone of smartphones in criminal investigations www-francetvinfo-fr.translate.goog/societe/justic… (h/t Cooper)
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Amazon is *very* proud of its #flywheel: first, they subsidized customers, luriing in sellers. Then they demanded lower prices, luring more buyers. With more customers, more sellers piled in. Faster the flywheel spins, creating the #EverythingStore:
fourweekmba.com/amazon-flywhee…
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The flywheel is everywhere - they even teach it in business-schools. But Amazon is not a reliable narrator. It doesn't tell the truth about the flywheel. To understand what's really going on with the flywheel, you have apply #enshittification to it.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: SVB bailouts for everyone - except affordable housing projects; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/15/soc…
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Inside: SVB bailouts for everyone - except affordable housing projects; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/15/soc…
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There's just TWO DAYS left in the @Kickstarter for the audiobook of my anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams, *Red Team Blues*. #Audible won't carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free. Crowdfunding makes them possible!
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SVB bailouts for everyone - except affordable housing projects: Even the shareholders got billions.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Is antitrust anti-labor? and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/14/aim…
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Inside: Is antitrust anti-labor? and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/14/aim…
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There's 3 days left in the @Kickstarter for the audiobook of my upcoming anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams, *Red Team Blues*. #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free. Crowdfunding makes them possible!
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Is antitrust anti-labor? tl;dr: no.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/alg…
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Inside: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/alg…
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There's 5 days left in the @Kickstarter for the audiobook of my upcoming anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams, *Red Team Blues*. #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free. Crowdfunding makes them possible!
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Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes: Twiddled to death through algorithmic wage discrimination.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The problem with economic models; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/03/all…
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Inside: The problem with economic models; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/03/all…
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I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, an anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:
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The problem with economic models: Ideology disguised as math.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Flickr to copyleft trolls: drop dead;; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/01/pix…
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Inside: Flickr to copyleft trolls: drop dead;; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/01/pix…
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I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, an anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:
redteamblues.com 2/
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Flickr to copyleft trolls: drop dead. Pixsy's predators no longer welcome.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: We should ban TikTok('s surveillance); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/30/tik…
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Inside: We should ban TikTok('s surveillance); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/30/tik…
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I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, an anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:
redteamblues.com 2/
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We should ban TikTok('s surveillance): And Google's, Apple's, and Facebook's surveillance, too.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/29/hob…
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Inside: Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/29/hob…
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I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, an anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:
redteamblues.com 2/
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Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy: When Rousseau comes to Hobbeswarts.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: What comes after neoliberalism; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/28/ima…
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Inside: What comes after neoliberalism; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/28/ima…
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I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, an anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:
redteamblues.com 2/
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What comes after neoliberalism? "There is no alternative" is really a demand, namely, "Stop trying to think of an alternative!"
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/25/con…
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Inside: The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/25/con…
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I'm kickstarting the #audiobook for my next novel, an anti-finance finance thriller about #SiliconValley scams called *Red Team Blues*. #Amazon's #Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they're #DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible:
kickstarter.com/projects/docto… 2/
kickstarter.com/projects/docto… 2/
The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules): Dobbs, SVB, the Internet Archive, antitrust and the law's foundation in norms, not consistency.
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*Red Team Blues* is my next novel, a #PostCyberpunk anti-finance finance #thriller; it's a major title for my publishers @torbooks and @HoZ_Books, and it's swept the trade press with starred reviews all 'round. Despite all that, #Audible will not sell the #audiobook. 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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In fact, Audible won't sell *any* of my audiobooks. Instead, I have to independently produce them and sell them through @Kickstarter:
kickstarter.com/projects/docto… 3/
kickstarter.com/projects/docto… 3/
"End to End," is my new column for @LocusMag, proposing a policy for a better internet: the "#EndToEnd" principle (#E2E), a bedrock of the original design for the internet, updated for the modern, monopolized web, as a way of #disenshittifying it:
locusmag.com/2023/03/commen… 1/
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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The original E2E marked the turning point from telco-based systems where power was gathered at the center, controlled by carriers, to the packet-switched internet, where power moved to the edges. Under the old model, only the network operator could add new features. 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Canada's privatised shadow civil service; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/31/mck…
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Inside: Canada's privatised shadow civil service; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/31/mck…
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From Feb 8-17, I'll be in Australia, touring my book *Chokepoint Capitalism* with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We'll be in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, and I hope to see you!
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Canada's privatised shadow civil service: Tories claim governments are incompetent, Liberals prove it.
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In the #enshittification cycle, a #platform lures users with a good deal at first, then it lures business customers (advertisers, sellers, creators) by handing them the #surplus; finally, it takes all the surplus for itself, creating a pile of shit:
pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/pot… 1/
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2023/01/27/ens… 2/
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When a company is neither disciplined by #competition nor by #regulation, enshittification inevitably ensues. 3/
1. In light of the #Audible price cuts, I wrote an #openletter to #CEO @BobCarrigan @audible_com @acx_com on behalf of all of the #indieauthors who are trying to create #audiobooks in an environment where big tech wants our content & the lions share of royalties. #audiblegate 🧵
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#ContentModeration is fundamentally about making social media work better, but there are two other considerations that determine how social media *fails*: #EndToEnd (#E2E), and #FreedomOfExit. 1/
These are much neglected, and that's a pity, because how a system fails is every bit as important as how it works. 2/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2022/12/19/bet… 3/
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I recommended this book: Boundless: The Rise, Fall and Escape of Carlos Ghosn by the two @WSJ journalist @Nick_Kostov and @McLainSean published by @HarperCollins in our Maj Invest Magazine in Nov 2022 with @Rimestad at @MajInvest
#WSJ #majinvest #majinvestvalueequities
#WSJ #majinvest #majinvestvalueequities
Even though the attached article is in Danish, the recommendation for the book is, as always, universal.
Boundless both refers to Mr. Ghosn rise and his international vision, which not coincidentally coincided with the past 20 years of Globalism,
Boundless both refers to Mr. Ghosn rise and his international vision, which not coincidentally coincided with the past 20 years of Globalism,
and to his lack of restraint when it came to mixing his personal finances with those of the companies he was running. The book is a well written account, rich on details, of the career and down fall of Carlos Ghosn and his pivotal role in the global auto industry, with France and
"Keeping #Ukraine in the Global Media Spotlight" -- @littlemedia12 @yarotrof @RachelCorpTweet @polinaivanovva --
Next session at the @TbilisiZeg
Next session at the @TbilisiZeg
keeping attention has an impact -- opinion polls show the public support in West is there, often ahead of governments, and this matters on the ground. In some cases, supporting even increasing, says @yarotrof at @TbilisiZeg
we were preparing for UKR conflict from "this time last year", when invasion started, we were there, several teams, says @RachelCorpTweet, the scale & size, also of refugees, still took everyone by surprise & sending in teams safely a challenge.
#Amazon a dévoilé mardi « Amp » @OnAmp_ sa plateforme #audio live, concurrente d'un #Clubhouse ou d'un @Spotify GreenRoom, mais plus orientée pour des animateurs DJ qui souhaiteraient créer leurs propres émissions de #radio. @amazon accélère encore ds l'audio après les #podcasts
ds son application de #AmazonMusic ou #Audible, le rachat de #Wondery, de #Twich... Amp permettra aux utilisateurs de lancer leur propre émission en direct, à laquelle des auditeurs pourront se joindre et prendre éventuellement la parole.
Les animateurs pourront intégrer et mixer de la musique en temps réel avec leur public, ainsi que planifier et programmer leurs propres émissions. Les programmateurs pourront choisir leurs titres musicaux parmi une bibliothèque de millions de chansons sous licence d'Amazon !
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Ok I just finished my last #Audible #Audiobook. Time to trade them all in and get new ones. For my personal record I am going to tweet all the book, that I have listened to in the last few months. Ok here we go.
Learned more about #JFK than I have in my life. I really enjoyed this one. It's long, but for someone like me that didn't live through that time period, it was good at giving a sense of just how close we came to nuclear war and how JFK avoided it.
audible.com/pd/B00507LPX4?…
audible.com/pd/B00507LPX4?…
Another President I knew barely anything about, #LBJ. This book was really good too. I will probably listen to it again because I would like to be able to retain and repeat some of the stories that prove how corrupt #LBJ (and the Democrats) were. audible.com/pd/B00BFYJQJQ?…
This thread is for my own personal record. When I stopped watching #Netflix, I started using #Audible #Audiobooks to read. I 'read' all the time now. This is the first free book i purchased when I signed up for the 30-day trial. It's 28 hours long. audible.com/pd/B07B5BJ97R?…
When I stopped watching #Netflix I started using #YouTube. I found some interviews and lectures of @jordanbpeterson and thought his intellect fascinating. I bought #MapsOfMeaning first because it was more expensive and the first book is free. This was 2nd: audible.com/pd/B0797YBP7N?…
After reading both of Dr. Peterson's books I was convinced that I would benefit gaining the wisdom he has by reading what he reads. Most of his books reference many of the same authors so I went looking for a list. Of course he has one. Recommended reading:jordanbpeterson.com/great-books/
