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this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2026
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I get your sentiment and I don't really like Bending Spoons either. But the reality is that they buy somewhat failing business that have absurd costs that they cannot offset with their revenue. Most tech companies are way too large for the things they do. That's how Bending Spoons succeed; because they can get the same or more revenue with a fraction of the man power.
That is exploitation not success.
That's typical for most construction projects.
If I'm going to build a building or a bridge, the number of people required to build is far more than the number of people required to maintain.
It looks like we're starting to hit the same issue with websites. You need a maintenance staff for websites, but no where near the level of staff required to build the thing.
Eh not really. Those are not some minimal wage employees that have no choice but to work for them. They are highly skilled and sought-after employees. Should companies be forced to employ people even when they do not need them? Sounds pretty silly to me. Instead just give everyone basic universal income and let them do something they choose.
All the more reason to outlaw and ruthlessly discourage any attempts to do it again, regardless of how innocuous an actor tries to sell it. The billionaires didn't implement their policies in one fell blow, they are centuries patient and cunning. Like the serpent didn't actually lie, it just failed to tell the entire truth, and/or didn't grasp all the unforseen (latent) possibilities and their implications, leading the first self-aware astray. That's not entirely bad, a long, winding path of learning painfully can yield invaluable lessons, the "badness" is in allowing whitewashing and revisionist history, which should have the head crushed under the heel, figuratively speaking.