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WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

People complain about the evil of landlords, but it’s nothing compared to companies like this.

Landlords at least nominally provide some sort of ongoing services. There are no necessary services a font company could possibly provide - there’s no maintenance, no upkeep, no ongoing costs at all. This is just pure, and purely evil, rent-seeking.

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TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
To be clear, there are some awful landlords out there. I agree with your point, but I don’t want to diminish the dislike of many landlords.

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- SARGE@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Landlords province nothing to society, they are leeches who profit off others hard work simply because they “own the property” the worker lives on and takes care of.
  
  Save a tree, axe a landlord.
  
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  - TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    This is not true at all. Good landlords also take care of the property, providing what is functionally a “home as a service” with none of the hassle of maintaining it.
    
    There are bad landlords. Most rentals are owned by them. There are precious few that are not.
    
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    Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Post of this device is covering the risk of unforseen cost. Heating breaks? That may become expensive. You pay a monthly fee and don’t have to manage risk and cost like that. Many people would be ruined if they had to cover that and repair becomes necessary, or face worsening condition.
    
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    SARGE@startrek.website ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Found the landleech
    
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  - kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    that’s a weird way to spell housing scalper
    
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