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Are we the baddies?

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692 points AndrewSwift | 1 comments | 06 Jul 25 05:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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mindwok ◴[06 Jul 25 07:15 UTC] No.44478544[source]▶
What the open web did for discoverability of businesses, we need to invent again for actual engagement with the businesses.

Uber, Booking.com, AirBnB, ClassPass, Steam, DoorDash - these winner take all middle-men rent seeking tech behemoths are bad for society and are hostile to consumers and the businesses that rely on them.

Let's decentralise this shit.

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aydyn ◴[06 Jul 25 07:41 UTC] No.44478655[source]▶
Everything except for steam, one of the few to do it right. Of course they arent perfect as nobody is, but in general they treat developers right, they treat customers right. Theres no personalized surge prices or other AI BS, and they dont ban randomly like google. If you buy a game on steam, you own it for real.
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1. account42 ◴[07 Jul 25 11:16 UTC] No.44489023[source]▶
Steam doesn't do it right, they are just slightly friendlier than the competition. And that can change at a moments notice and you will be locked in because your friend Gaben has been working on making it hard to leave all along.