| ▲ | nickpp 6 hours ago | |
PCs are also made by corporations, together with PC parts. The reason computing became so cheap during the last 50 years was competition between said corporations. Competition that is also pushing the AI token price down and also encouraging - corporations - to come up with models that can run on user hardware. So what are you ranting against?! > Own nothing and be happy. Ah, here it is. Only governments can confiscate our property and force us into that. Governments and politicians that keep telling us how evil corporations are… | ||
| ▲ | harvey9 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
In the digital age corporations can and do confiscate things we thought we owned. Amazon removing paid-for kindle books, devices getting bricked, paying a recurring fee to use some features in your car. | ||
| ▲ | hn_throw2025 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
The “own nothing and be happy” quote is from a blog post made by the World Economic Forum. I find meta-governmental organisations even more troublesome, and you can’t vote them out. It isn’t only conspiracy theorists who should be disturbed by whatever politico-corporate freemasonry that goes on in Davos. | ||
| ▲ | bluefirebrand 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Only governments can confiscate our property and force us into that. ... Do you want corporations to have that power too or something? What are you saying here? | ||