Paul
Janel Comeauwhen John Lennon told me to imagine no possessions I just don't think he was envisioning a world where everything in my life is available only through a subscription-based model because the costs of personal property have been intentionally placed beyond my reach
David Anasco@VeryBadLlama https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/you-dont-own-your-kindle-books-amazon-reminds-customer-1c6626211
Sam Minnée
It's Just Jenn 🏳️⚧️@VeryBadLlama 🎵 Imagine no possessions / subscribe if you can. You don't own your music / it belongs to the man🎵
Doug Warren@VeryBadLlama
"Hoo-OO!...oo-ah-ooh."
"Hoo-OO!...oo-ah-ooh."
Mike (no not that one)@VeryBadLlama Capitalists gonna capitalist...
PJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJust moving from observational comedy to describing your life?
Fiyz@VeryBadLlama I think it's more about knowing what your need are versus what everyone else is telling you what your needs are.
Frank Bennett 🇯🇵@VeryBadLlama Also "living for today" has an unfortunate resonance.
GATEKEEPER@VeryBadLlama
Every dream come true starts with a thought . A positive thought that you feel in your being, to the point it becomes emotional. That's manifesting!
His song was recorded in 528 hrtz, The Miracle Tone.
Every dream come true starts with a thought . A positive thought that you feel in your being, to the point it becomes emotional. That's manifesting!
His song was recorded in 528 hrtz, The Miracle Tone.
CubeOfCheese@VeryBadLlama hard hitting
PeachMcD
www.ian.photos@VeryBadLlama and soon even work will be a subscription model I’m sure
ijk64✅@VeryBadLlama he imagined everything on the cloud perhaps?
ProtectiveHen@VeryBadLlama This is great! There needs to be major pushback to this mega-corporation effort to insinuate themselves even further into our lives and place into various forms of rent relationships.
Ipso Facto@VeryBadLlama “You may say I’m a streamer, but I’m not the only one…”
Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊@VeryBadLlama It's easy, if you try
ArneBab@VeryBadLlama this hits hard 🙂
… though I’m pretty sure "for corporate control you must subscribe for temporary access" is close to the maximum of possession—just not for *you*.
No possessions would mean that the corp cannot prevent you from just *having* what you need without paying them.
No possessions takes away the power of possession. Only subscription *maximizes* the power of possession.
…sorry for being so serious. Stallman already warned of this 13 years ago. https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/what-does-that-server-really-serve/
@VeryBadLlama But just to add insult to injury: you cannot buy ebooks in the EU anymore: they are only "communication to the public" not a sale. That’s an EuGH decision: https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=221829&mode=req&pageIndex=1&dir=&occ=first&part=1&text=C%25E2%2580%2591263%252F18&doclang=EN&cid=4222787#ctx1
You’re legally forbidden from actually owning the ebook you buy, except if you buy not one copy but the rights to all.
It’s why I only buy ebooks that are under CC license: you want me to pay, offer it with a license that allows me to pass it on, or offer it printed on paper, so I can actually own it.
ErnstGucker@VeryBadLlama that is the problem with imagination. Most people dreamed of utopia. But the true capitalist envisioned financial possibilities. Bitter post of yours, but so to the point that it hurts and opens eyes
Baron Vonskinnback@VeryBadLlama I am the only person I know without a single subscription.
@VeryBadLlama I mean this shit is getting out of control...
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/13/23206999/car-subscription-nightmare-heated-seats-remote-start
ghost_shitMe: I'ma take a shit.
eToilet (very clever and intuitive, apparently): Please log in to eToilet on the app to complete this action.
Me: Fuck you. I'ma take a shit.
eToilet: Good luck with that...
Strypey@ghost_shit
> eToilet (very clever and intuitive, apparently): Please log in to eToilet on the app to complete this action
KWierso@VeryBadLlama That must be the A Perfect Circle cover...
Jim Goodall@VeryBadLlama When value is removed from society on a daily basis, by over-rich oligarchs, this is the result.
The dreams of billions of people have been dashed by greedy people who simply don't give a crap about anyone else but themselves.
And "useful idiot" politicians enable this to happen without consequence.
The dreams of billions of people have been dashed by greedy people who simply don't give a crap about anyone else but themselves.
And "useful idiot" politicians enable this to happen without consequence.
@VeryBadLlama coming soon, pay per month per feature on your car.
https://www.reviewgeek.com/122900/bmw-will-charge-monthly-to-use-your-cars-basic-features/
BMW Will Charge Monthly to Use Your Car’s Basic Features
In select countries, BMW now charges a monthly fee to enable basic vehicle features. Customers who want to use their heated seats, for example, need to pony up $18 a month. It’s one of the grubbiest micro-transaction schemes we’ve ever heard of.
Iron Curtain (Chiptunes)@VeryBadLlama Yeah, I don't think "imagine no possessions" meant "replace ownership with tenancy" either.
Dr.Ubertrout@VeryBadLlama Elton John once re-wrote the lyrics of 'Imagine' to tease Lennon about his excessive shopping habits, "Imagine six apartments, it isn't hard to do, one is full of fur coats, another's full of shoes".