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When they write the history of this era, one of the strangest chapters will be devoted to Uber, a company that was never, ever going to be profitable, which existed solely to launder billions for the Saudi royals.
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First, all the public transit in the world had to shut down and be replaced by Uber.
Next, all the drivers had to be replaced by AIs.
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And self-driving cars? Please.
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Cryteria (modified)
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Gartner (modified)
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#Pluralistic
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Criti-Hype: Tech bros will settle for "evil genius."
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There's a Yom Kippur joke I love: the rabbi and the richest man in town are praying, "Oh Lord, I am nothing, I am nothing!"
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 2, 2021
The synagogue's janitor sees them and joins in: "I am nothing!"
The richest man says to the rabbi: "Look who thinks he's nothing."
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Right to Repair is back for 2021: Will Apple sabotage this one too?
https://t.co/3gcyEZQWfk
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2018 was almost the year we won the #RightToRepair.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 2, 2021
Instead, 2018 turned out to be the year we lost #R2R: 20 bills defeated in 20 state houses, and it was mostly @apple's fault.
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The free market and rent-seeking: Unauthorized bread and poor doors.
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When you hear the phrase "free market," you probably think of "a market that is free from regulation" but that's the opposite of the phrase's original meaning!
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 2, 2021
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#10yrsago Inside Sukey, the anti-kettling mobile app https://t.co/puGNKw5XgF
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Inside: Mexican indigenous telco wins spectrum fight; How apps steal your location; Understanding /r/wallstreetbets; Knowledge is why you build your own apps; and more!
Archived at: https://t.co/6BOyhL3tEj
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Join me this afternoon for the launch of the print edition of my 2020 book HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM!
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Mexican indigenous telco wins spectrum fight: First Nations treaties do not sign away electromagnetic franchises.
https://t.co/BBsxXuGQe3
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In the early 2000s, dramatic shifts in radio spectrum allocation for mobile data applications, combined with advances in radio transmission and receiving prompted some networking engineers to propose a radical rethink of radio.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 27, 2021
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How apps steal your location: A deep dive into the murky depths of surveillance markets.
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A new research report from @seanodiggity and @expressvpn in honor #DataPrivacyDay reveals the incredible extent of commercial location tracking hidden in everyday apps.https://t.co/eKRquZjxP7
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There is no shortage of takes about what's going on with Gamestop (and other surging stocks), Robinhood and Reddit's r/wallstreetbets, many of them contradictory - at least on the face of them. But I think it's possible for most of these takes to be right. Here's how.
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