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1. lordleft · 1789987740 · focus · HN ↗

   Something I really dislike about modern consumer products is that companies simply don’t care if their decisions leave their customers embittered and feeling negatively about their decisions. It seems like that used to be a salient factor in how firms designed, sold and pitched their wares.

   1. matheusmoreira · 1789992835 · focus · HN ↗

      It's because they are monopolists. Copyrights are monopolies, and copyright holders are monopolists.

      Abolish copyright and I guarantee they will completely change their attitude.

      1. bunderbunder · 1789999578 · focus · HN ↗

         Copyrights are such constrained monopolies, though. More or less on the same level as how Nike has a monopoly on Air Jordans, but not on shoes in general.

         One of the most interesting things about media consumerism is the extent to which people fail to realize that watching something else is always an option.

         1. 8note · 1790002447 · focus · HN ↗

            Nike here would have also bought adidas and new balance and vans and toms, such that most stores only sell Nike monopolized brands

            watching nothing and going outside or barefoot is the real alternative

            1. bunderbunder · 1790003973 · focus · HN ↗

               That's beyond hyperbolic. Yes there has been consolidation in the mainstream media industry, but I still have better access to more distribution channels than I did in the early 2000s. Especially when it comes to indie stuff.

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