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Spotify raises premium subscription price for millions
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What’s going on with tech, recently?
Netflix cracking down on password sharing, reddit’s API changes, every streaming platform raising their prices, YouTube fighting against adblockers and potentially charging creators for visibility… the list goes on and on, and it seems to be coming from every direction all at once.
Am I missing some huge financial change in the tech investment sphere that has affected Silicon Valley (ie. freakout due to the SVB collapse)?
Or is this just a case of companies seeing each other get away with squeezing consumers, and following suit?
The global oligarchy has decided its time to reap the latest round of fiat money purchased real goods.
We're getting a twofer because they want to reassert their dominance over labor since we've gotten uppity due to the covid money.
It's taught as the "business cycle" as if it's some kind of natural thing that's not driven 100% by those who imagine the imaginary value of our fiat currency.