• ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    This is what I don’t get. Progress and tech are supposed to make things cheaper and more efficient, not more expensive and resource hungry.

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      14 days ago

      Absolutely they do, which is why the competition could not compete. Once the whole market is dominated by a few companies, it lets them get a little more creative with how they price things, and a little lazier with their coding practices.

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      13 days ago

      We are more efficient. In my work computer automation has saved the equivalent to five thousand workers

      Those five thousand workers don’t get to work a fraction of a day for the same pay, the saving is made a level or five above the workers

      Some of our savings are hidden by inflation, but many products are far cheaper now