From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 23/12/2025 23:40, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-23, John Ames  wrote:   
   >   
   >> * (And as Doctorow has brought up in his writing on "enshittification,"   
   >>    it's often self-defeating in the long run - you win temporary gains,   
   >>    but your thing is much worse and once someone comes along with a less   
   >>    awful alternative, people will abandon you - and rightfully so.)   
   >   
   > Unless you manage to buy, bury, or sabotage the alternatives.   
   > In that business, monopolies are the holy grail.   
   >   
   As a friend once remarked 'in business, everyone is looking for the   
   unfair advantage'   
      
      
   --   
   New Socialism consists essentially in being seen to have your heart in   
   the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in   
   someone else's pocket.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)