Comment by nottorp
10 months ago
Hmm I could argue that Philip Dick's doors that demand payment to open are a good pessimistic prediction of the current entshittification.
10 months ago
Hmm I could argue that Philip Dick's doors that demand payment to open are a good pessimistic prediction of the current entshittification.
I do think it's a genuinely interesting speculation—what happens if we paid real-life things not as a subscription, but based on usage, like an API.
Not advocating for that at all, but it makes me want to read Ubik or write a short story about how it would affect life.
> if we paid real-life things not as a subscription, but based on usage, like an API.
We used to do that before the push for subscriptions.
And in the digital world this is the micropayments dream...
> if we paid real-life things not as a subscription, but based on usage
Are you thinking a flat rate or one based on local population density?