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Why all the free-stuff Facebook groups you’re part of just changed their name (sfstandard.com)

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[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

TL, DR: Buy nothing app issued an infringement takedown notice to unofficial "Buy nothing" groups.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I remember when Adbusters started Buy Nothing day. It's deeply ironic it's now become a product. We're living in the future they warned us about.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

Literally nothing can happen anymore without it being immediately commodified and its profits optimized for maximum shareholder gains. You could start a "capitalism sucks and fuck you and your money" thing and within a month it would be making cash for some billionaire.