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[-] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 22 points 11 months ago

I don't know, I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion that "good" and "profitable" aren't synonyms. It's almost as if there is often a financial incentive to make things worse...

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 10 points 11 months ago

Right. Like they deliberately make good things into shit. I wish there was a good term for this phenomenon.

[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Greed.

No, no. Unabashed greed.

No, take it all the way. Fuck the little people to support my unabashed greed.

[-] greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Enshittification. Coined by Cory Doctorow.

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months ago

Haha yes, I know. I was kidding. Sorry.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

It's called "rent seeking." Even if some ya sci-fi author tried to coin a new term, there is nothing new about this type of behavior.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

hmm, if we follow the example like "desertification", how about "shittification"?

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion that "good" and "profitable" aren't synonyms.

They're polar opposites.

Maybe one day there will be politicians with the balls to actually do something about it.

[-] SecretSauces@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Quality, especially in a service like healthcare, often doesn't mean profit. It's all about "how low can i make my overhead costs to make my good/service just BARELY passable, then take it one step lower".

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