Jen Sorensenjensorensen@mastodon.social
Aug 1, 2026, 7:00 PMLatest comic: Online shopping has become a hall of mirrors
#consumers #shopping #internet #technology #economy #cartoon #comic
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AI6YR Benai6yr@m.ai6yr.orgAug 1, 2026, 7:01 PM@jensorensen lololol
Miles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦dcdeejay@mastodon.onlineAug 1, 2026, 7:14 PM@jensorensen "...the browsing history of your children" 🏆
James M.jamesmarshall@sfba.socialAug 1, 2026, 7:23 PM@jensorensen it's also become a mill of horrors.
Toni Aittoniemigimulnautti@mastodon.greenAug 1, 2026, 7:32 PM@jensorensen A tech bro not so long ago proudly described to me that even paying people different wages for the same job is somehow absolutely awesome. 😥
Aug 1, 2026, 7:42 PMIf they could, they would proudly not pay them anything at all.
Magnus Ahltorpahltorp@mastodon.nuAug 1, 2026, 9:29 PM@gimulnautti @jensorensen Bosses have told me for over 25 years that this is absolutely awesome.
Andrewcinebox@masto.hackers.townAug 1, 2026, 7:37 PM@jensorensen all products should be copy-exactly IMO
LevkaLevZadov@kolektiva.socialAug 1, 2026, 8:22 PMConsumerism is slavery.
Nicole ParsonsNpars01@mstdn.socialAug 1, 2026, 8:26 PMAI enables frauds & scams for Silicon Valley con artists.
It appears to be the only kind of products that get capitalization nowadays.
When Republicans talk abour "deregulation" & "eliminating red tape" this is what they really mean "let us pollute, steal, & defraud freely & without consequences".
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/04/10/how-koch-cash-is-bankrolling-the-effort-to-kill-big-tech-reform/https://www.wired.com/story/why-silicon-valley-falls-for-frauds/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/technology/headspin-silicon-valley-startups.html
https://phoebezhang.substack.com/p/silicon-valley-has-a-fraud-problem
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/business/silicon-valley-fraud.html
Jonoddhack@mstdn.socialAug 1, 2026, 9:06 PM@jensorensen one of the few socially useful things "AI" could do is filter Amazon so you only get a single listing for the same product. Of course their "marketing strategy" is to make it nigh-impossible to find anything the customer actually *wants*, so not expecting this.
Disdis@infosec.townAug 1, 2026, 9:36 PM@jensorensen and then there are companies like Weber: identical photo, 4 skus (2 are store exclusives) and prices are either 1x or 3x. Sometimes 3x is the "old" style well built one. Sometimes it's the cheap one marked up. No way to tell without physically touching it, but good luck doing that thanks to the "exclusives".
And no returns on large items.
RustyRingRustyRing@mastodon.scotAug 1, 2026, 9:53 PMWe could go back to human community. (I know, I know. Never mind.)
Tim Zeeilust606@mastodon.socialAug 1, 2026, 10:29 PM@jensorensen
The best consumerism is to consume as little as possible. And beware of anything that's high priced and has a pretentious sounding name.
katch wreckkatchwreck@mastodon.socialAug 2, 2026, 7:10 AM@jensorensen case in point :-) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5W9NH18/
sortius :bisexual:sortius@beige.partyAug 2, 2026, 8:30 AM@jensorensen and people wonder why I am so disconnected from modern society, despite living in the inner city. There's many of us who are
Aug 2, 2026, 10:31 AM@jensorensen It might interest your readers to hear that labeling of AI generated content is now mandatory in the EU: http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/02/ai-generated-label-becomes-mandatory-in-the-eu-for-companies