askchapo

22871 readers

244 users here now

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.

Rules:

Posts must ask a question.
If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.
Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.
Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net

replaceable@hexbear.net

VILenin@hexbear.net

EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net

SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net

ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net

khizuo@hexbear.net

Sulvor@hexbear.net

Name a single technological breakthrough in the past decade that has improved your life in some way (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 days ago by wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

111 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I feel as if technology has stagnated, all that are left are grifts or just make everything terrible, like AI. I was thinking Zoom calls maybe? The tech has definitely improved since Skype.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Nacarbac@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Even the price doesn't seem to have changed all that much over the decade

They're heavily subsidized to get people into the Amazon ebook ecosystem, where they can make massive profits through not having to provide a physical object.

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

Well then I'm happy I bought it at a loss to Amazon because I exclusively read pirated books and classics that are sold on the Kindle store for like two bucks lol