Comment on The land before time
godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 16 hours agoYou’re missing the entire concept of what shadow work is. And why it’s being pushed further and further.
I use ikea myself. I DIY’d my solar system. I’ve no problem performing the labor. That’s not the point here.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You’re missing the entire concept of IKEA’s business model.
athatet@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Not really. Their business model is, let’s have the customers do the work then we can charge them less cause we’re not paying workers. Just a heads up, that’s what shadow work is.
godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Is the business model not attempting to offer a lower cost product by having less employees and having the customer do more labor and use their time? On a macro level, those were jobs, people’s livelihoods. Now they’re self checkout areas with cameras, soon to be AI.
Is that a good thing? It’s an honest question. What is the logical endpoint if consumers aren’t able to consume given that less and less work (aka trading your time/labor for currency) is available?
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a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 7 minutes ago
You are basically explaining to me how I spend my time to save money. My answer? Yup.