eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoXbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square211linkfedilinkarrow-up1810arrow-down112
arrow-up1798arrow-down1external-linkXbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.arstechnica.comeicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square211linkfedilink
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·11 days agoRent-seeking is definitely a sign of a financially-healthy company. Yup. No red flags there.
minus-squaregian @lemmy.grys.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·11 days agoMore than that is a sign that this idea that the next quarter must be always better than the past one cannot work indefinitely.
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 days agoRent-seeking is just late stage capitalism. You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy.
Rent-seeking is definitely a sign of a financially-healthy company. Yup. No red flags there.
More than that is a sign that this idea that the next quarter must be always better than the past one cannot work indefinitely.
Rent-seeking is just late stage capitalism. You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy.