crunchy

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[โ€“] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mine is being able to self host services that have been enshittified by the tech companies. I tried to watch Fallout on Prime legitimately but their servers couldn't handle the volume. I had it on my Jellyfin server in the time it would have taken the episode to fully buffer.

[โ€“] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

It helps to appeal to the idea of "fiscal responsibility." Ignoring the cost doesn't make it go away. Would you rather pay for an oil change every now and then, or pay for a catastrophic engine failure?

Would you rather pay for someone to see a doctor for a regular checkup, or pay for the inevitable catastrophic hospital visit they won't be able to afford?

Would you rather pay for someone to get a basic education, or pay to cover all the things they can't afford because of student loan debt? Or pay to bring in workers abroad because employers can't find qualified applicants here?

Would you rather pay for someone to get a little bit of help with food, or pay to jail them when they get desperate enough to resort to stealing?

If all these companies are providing so much value, then why are they relying on taxpayers to cover their expenses instead of paying for it themselves?