interesting, if partially nonsensical and disheartening?
Sunday, 31 May 2026

The $500 Price Increase

quote [ Plex sends a message to the self-hosting community with a massive upcharge targeted at the very people who hate monthly fees. ]

I can see that you got plex
[SFW] [business] [+4 Informative]
[by ScoobySnacks@8:11amGMT] [2 comments]

Friday, 22 May 2026

The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn?s ?thought leadership? content mill

quote [ ?It?s alienation on top of alienation. What value am I actually making by throwing this garbage into the world?? said Robin. ]

Modern times gloom in a series of interviews. The Mastodon thread I found this on has more examples like the marketing math behind a Rwuandan clip sharing op.
[SFW] [business] [+1 WTF]
[by Paracetamol@9:43amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 17 May 2026

The Biz Reaper

quote [ If Byron Allen shows up at your door, you did something wrong with your media business. And BuzzFeed has a visitor. ]

Byron Allen hustle
[SFW] [business] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 10 May 2026

?Blue dot fever?: the real reason pop stars are cancelling tours

quote [ Artists blame logistics, timing and wellbeing for pulling shows, but empty seats on venue maps show demand is not keeping pace with price ]

And the little blue dot went away
[SFW] [business] [+1 Informative]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [1 comment]

Monday, 2 March 2026

Project Code Name

quote [ Why do corporate restructuring plans get code names the way operating systems do? And why are the names often so bizarre? ]

Everyone I know has code names
[SFW] [business] [+1]
[by ScoobySnacks@10:08amGMT] [2 comments]

Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Adobe Is Killing Adobe Animate

quote [ "[?] remains an industry standard for TV animation. [?] And because you can't buy a permanent license anymore, it'll just be gone."
[?]
it sounds as if Adobe is saying that Animate no longer represents the current direction of the company, which is now more focused on products that incorporate AI technologies. ]

1st quote is linked article, lower one via TechCrunch.

See Adobe's own forum discussion on file access and license duration, with people hinting that "the employees most involved with animate are probably hurt more by this maneuver than most of us."

[SFW] [business] [+1 WTF]
[by Paracetamol@11:18amGMT] [2 comments]

Thursday, 29 January 2026

Carpenter Media's ominous takeover of local news.

quote [ In just a few years, a publisher based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has become the country?s fourth-largest newspaper operator. Some reporters wonder if it isn?t the cruelest. ]

Went to buy me a paper at the local news-stand
[SFW] [business] [+2 Underrated]
[by ScoobySnacks@1:07pmGMT] [2 comments]

Sunday, 28 December 2025

Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish police

quote [ Previously vessels would be sunk once they had completed their cargo runs from South America to Europe ]

Cocaine lines straight even when the subs thumpin' and vibratin
[SFW] [business] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@8:02amGMT] [1 comment]

Monday, 1 December 2025

Break On Through To The Other Side

quote [ On doorbuster deals, and the way that shopping events like Black Friday help channel our deep-seated shopping rage. ]

see you and I'm waiting for Black Friday
[SFW] [business] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@9:04amGMT] [0 comments]

Thursday, 20 November 2025

What US Tech Did to Ireland

quote [ The country is alarmingly reliant on Meta, Google and Apple. ]

Oh, say can you see, to the great tech companies
[SFW] [business] [+1 Insightful]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

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