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Aral BalkanonMastodon3d ago
If your stated goal is to make computing into a “utility” (aka subscription) you can only obtain from Big Tech and if your entire industry is comprised of rentiers, it makes perfect sense to also make actually owning a general computing device as expensive as possible.
As far as Big Tech is concerned, this is a feature, not a bug.
It’s capitalists acquiring capital and pricing it out of the reach of those they want to make dependent on them.
Also: fuck these people. https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/116301661509651336 https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/116301661509651336
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Analysis Summary
Balkan argues that Big Tech's subscription-based computing model deliberately makes device ownership expensive to force dependence—a real concern backed by documented industry trends toward cloud services and locked ecosystems, though framed here as explicit conspiracy rather than market incentives. The linked article context would clarify what specific pricing decision triggered this critique.
Claims Analysis (3)
“Big Tech's goal is to make computing into a subscription-based utility obtainable only from them”
Subscription models and cloud dependency are documented industry trends, though framed as intentional conspiracy rather than market evolution.
“The industry is pricing general-purpose computing devices as expensively as possible to create dependence”
Device costs reflect materials, R&D, and market positioning—intentional pricing strategy to force subscription dependency is harder to prove than market forces.
“This pricing strategy benefits capitalists acquiring capital and pricing it out of reach for those they want dependent”
This is interpretive analysis of market dynamics and corporate intent—a perspective, not a falsifiable claim.
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