Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) : Surveillance pricing combined with cartel "IP rights" exemplify Wilhoit's' Law:
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Stopping this naked exploitation of consumers requires new privacy laws protecting consumers rather than cartels.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/socialism-for-the-wealthy/#rugged-individualism-for-the-poor
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