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• General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • moriquende@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?

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      • moriquende@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Assuming you’re right, it’s still not rent-seeking. If I believe that AI companies should be made liable for breaking copyright, I’m not personally receiving any monetary benefit. Where’s my rent?

        It’s about principle. It’s unfair that a company can steal data and profit from it. Simple as that.

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