The people making the big bucks in Silicon Valley are often the people really good at understanding psychology and manipulating people’s behavior.

I honestly would have never thought of this either. I’m one of those traditional losers who thinks providing a good value/service at a sustainable margin is a good way to run a business.

Also NAL and different sizes of platforms have different obligations. Could be wrong that the scenario I described applies to Lemmy.

I’m ignoring the US politics for a moment…

If I flag a comment on Lemmy for abuse, breaking community rules, or other reasons, do you y’all think I am individually owed a response from the mod team on whether the content stays approved, or was removed, that includes the specific criteria behind the decision?

That’s what the DSA requires among many other requirements.

Interesting timing with tariffs and the Switch 2 release, especially with prices rising in Canada as others have mentioned.

It is kind of perfect timing to blame a price increase on tariffs when the real reason is to upsell to the new product line. Especially for docked players the OLED S1 at $400 vs S2 at $450 now seems like an easy decision to upgrade your purchase for the performance.

I rent through Costco and try to pick Alamo when possible. Avis is decent but they often share a line with Budget which can take forever.

I’m not a loyalty member of any brand for reference.

Well at least Nicole from Toronto in their inbox.

And then there’s the third, even weirder type. Mongo matter