'killers' he called them on his 15 season NBC show

Posted Mar 5, 2019 22:21 UTC (Tue) by Garak (guest, #99377)
In reply to: Rosenzweig: The federation fallacy by ale2018
Parent article: Rosenzweig: The federation fallacy

"And many people still consider the merchant-customer relationship akin to the predator-prey one. The challenge, and the dream, is to change their mind."

Or we can try to change yours. I'm sure Google and Microsoft before them would be happier if consumers knew their place and stopped complaining to their representatives urging regulation of 'predatory' business practices.

Perhaps Snowden ushered in a pendulum swing, but prior to 2013 I certainly felt that not enough people recognized the predator-prey nature of their relationships to technology and multibillion dollar international tech companies. I don't think that pendulum has swung too far yet. That's one hell of a capitalist predator we have in the oval office these days...

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'killers' he called them on his 15 season NBC show

Posted Mar 18, 2019 14:59 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

I think ale2018's complaint may have been that the *businesspeople* too frequently consider their relationship with their customers to be a predator's with its prey, rather than, perhaps, trying to make money by doing things that would help their customers. Parasitism is a common lifestyle, but it's not one that anyone other than the parasites much likes.