• Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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      6 hours ago

      The replacements aren’t actually worse though.

      Using Uber/Lyft is far easier and more convenient for all parties involved. (Not saying that equates to morally good though)

      Using AirBNB for people to vacation in or whatever is a much better experience potentially for a tenant then the sub-par standards of hotels.

      Cryptocurreny provides freedom of exchange in a digital way while still having an overall ledger to prevent fraud. (Doesn’t stop people from getting scammed but the same is true for cash)

      Copyright laws basically always majorly benefit the corporation who owns it rather then an individual who actually created the thing. I also was a pirate in my younger years and in general believe information should be free and peoples needs should be met so they don’t have to necessarily try to profit off what should be an artistic expression.

      I don’t think AI will actually replace creativity, some will use it to churn out garbage but that was already true for existing tools for whatever art form you might prefer. A simple example is electronic music, a lot of musicians look down on electronic music artists because it’s not “real music”.

      Edit: Fundamentally the issue/complaints from many are the user experience AND the problems with the corporations doing shitty corp stuff. I feel zero empathy for the prior companies that didn’t innovate at all and let their monopoly power print them money at the expense of the customer via corporate lobbying and such, however I’m under no illusion that the replacements are any better aside from their user experience lmao.

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        while still having an overall ledger to prevent fraud.

        That’s not crypto.

        If you get scammed using an old fashioned credit card, the credit card company yoinks your money back for you from the scammer.

        If you transfer crypto it’s gone.