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General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoIs this some weak attempt at gaslighting? If you want to make a career out of this, you really need to up your game. I mean, can you imagine some think tank going: Landlords don’t want to profit from those apartments, they just want to avoid people squatting in them for free.
moriquende@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Your problem is that the landlord analogy just doesn’t suit this situation.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Rent seeking is long-established economic jargon. It doesn’t necessarily imply a landlord analogy. A landlord may not be extracting an economic rent within that definition.
The point is rent-seeking, not an analogy to landlords.
moriquende@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Precisely, and rent-seeking is what’s not happening here, as nobody is looking to profit. People are only looking to keep their private information private.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Your gaslighting game is shit. Like Copyright lawsuits aren’t half the news being cheered by AI haters. Not a single privacy lawsuit in sight. How stupid do you think people are?