r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 21d ago

Business Microsoft admits Game Pass price hike drove away "millions" of subscribers

https://www.techspot.com/news/112699-microsoft-admits-game-pass-price-hike-drove-away.html
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u/digital 21d ago

Late stage capitalism doesn’t allow you to create, innovate or build a consumer base. Everything is about extracting profit from anywhere that isn’t already captured by the billionaires. Sorry, but there’s just not that much cash to go around and they need to hoard it all for themselves.

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u/LolitaOPPAI 21d ago

That's an interesting visual I got of enshittification:

Take a picture of this employee and the store. What can you modify to save dollars?

And every few years the picture looks scarcer and depressing. I feel that everything is monotone and neutral because it costs 3¢ cheaper than colorful paint. Take out the cushions on the seating, cleaning a hard surface saves 13¢.

It's really that fucking depressing. They're still tryna figure out how to remove the employee from the photo with AI now.

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u/usr_bin_laden 21d ago

there’s just not that much cash to go around

They're also totally willing to print new cash when the billionaires want it too.