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[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m going to look into this. You come bearing dark news if this is true. Thank you for typing this out.

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago

The payment model is described in the book Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin and Corey Doctorow, which is where I have it from. Then the small caveat that I might be misremembering something or that I misunderstood something.