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Meta Reportedly Unhappy With How Much Money Its VR Division Burns (gizmodo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hate this notion that money is support. It is not.

Lol, that's not a "notion" at all, it's reality.

Even with the case of them providing a cheap headset, they're betting (and they're often correct, and always correct in aggregate) that you will make it up to them in other ways (e.g. your data, software purchases, etc.).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well... yeah. They didn't invent that scheme, that's been how most gaming systems are deployed since the Sega of the 90s at least.

And yes, it's a "notion" that is extremely anglocentric and intrinsically capitalist. It assumes that money is self-expression and speech and puts the onus of holding corporations accountable on individual consumers as opposed to regulators. It's half a step away from "ban plastic straws" in the list of ineffectual guilt dispersal schemes meant to avoid addressing any real issues.

Hate to break it to you, but corporations behaving semi-functionally as opposed to destroying everything they touch is not down to your brave refusal to purchase superfluous consumer products for your own entertainment. You're no superhero for not buying a thing you don't need anyway. It's governments that are supposed to have the power to hold them to account, not some magic hand bullcrap where the forces of the free market tend to a morally superior outcome. Can't believe this is so widespread on supposedly leftie circles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

You’re no superhero for not buying a thing you don’t need anyway.

And you're no superhero for writing several thousands of words on lemmy about how we should make completely optional purchases of products from companies we hate and that make us angry.

You're just a corporate apologist.