Torvum

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[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah if you live on 70k in my home town that is far more than just comfortable. I actually know of people who can take remote jobs with a high salary then move to less wealthy countries to just become the top 1% there also.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry we lost our child, but I'm paying someone to take his bed out of the room.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I don't know, people find reasons to be unhappy. Supplying your baseline needs could certainly alleviate stress and help keep you content, but without purpose beyond themselves there tends to be a trend of disillusionment and depression. It's no secret the amount of substance abuse is prevalent in wealthy families.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Techbros just needed to use the search engine optimization buzzword tbh.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Really wish the term virtual intelligence was used (literally what it is)

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Online features, like the Brotherhood multiplayer, or those annoying older ads to use the mobile app while playing. The game itself can still be played.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I can see your point, but I am also tired of pointing to CEO salaries and thinking that reducing them will make any meaningful increase on company wide salaries.

There's always making cost scalable to reported profit. It's annoying to see a company like Amazon make so much but pay employees so little because it's"competitive pay" to the business they're ruining through monopoly.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

It's better to place the burden on the company as a whole per revenue than per CEO pay differential. Amazon for example made somewhere in the 500 billion dollars in revenue for 2022 but for all ~1.5m employees only spent ~42 billion on salaries for an average of ~28k a year.

They have so much ample revenue to use for increased salaries that goes unanswered.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah this isn't Spotify's fault really. It's a cringe over prostitution of the industry with increased server cost, record studios asking more in premiums, and growing pains from increased salaries. It's unfortunate we can't ever just let something exist for the sake of general good without the greedy asking for their take when it becomes popular.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Guy is either delusional or a troll. Either way, too many terminally online morons on the Internet to tell

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

20% after the initial $50 million. The same company that has used that revenue to revolutionize Linux as a gaming platform. Same company that helped fix graphics api integrations. Same company that actually cares about their consumers and the gaming ecosystem?

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty bad doomerism takes here.

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