ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYou might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry.theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down11
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkYou might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry.theconversation.comModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squaredemesisx@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoTemu: contribute to the irreversible heat death of your own planet just to save some money on useless trinkets that are then shipped thousands of miles over the oceans using the world’s worst polluting container ships… like a billionaire. That should be their slogan.
minus-squaretpihkal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYou forgot the parts about slave labor, unfair market practices and piss poor quality products.
minus-squaredemesisx@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI got you, fam(ily). It has a real smooth, simple ring to it. ;)
minus-squareexu@feditown.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoA lot of stuff on “western” platforms is just the same stuff rebadged for 3-10x the price. I see no reason to pay that much more for the same stuff.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI definitely get the billionaires using slave labor to get ahead - just like Elon Musk’s family.
minus-squareSomeGuy69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoDon’t forget: highly likely made from strongly cancer causing chemicals. But hey, a saved dollar is a saved dollar.
Temu: contribute to the irreversible heat death of your own planet just to save some money on useless trinkets that are then shipped thousands of miles over the oceans using the world’s worst polluting container ships… like a billionaire.
That should be their slogan.
You forgot the parts about slave labor, unfair market practices and piss poor quality products.
I got you, fam(ily). It has a real smooth, simple ring to it. ;)
A lot of stuff on “western” platforms is just the same stuff rebadged for 3-10x the price. I see no reason to pay that much more for the same stuff.
I definitely get the billionaires using slave labor to get ahead - just like Elon Musk’s family.
Don’t forget: highly likely made from strongly cancer causing chemicals. But hey, a saved dollar is a saved dollar.
Edited. Good call.