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argumate:

collapsedsquid:

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typicalacademic:

I know this isn\u2019t even slightly a new or insightful take but god it\u2019s so weird to contrast Uber (infinite VC investment despite losing billions of dollars year after year for more than a decade) and OnlyFans (made a profit shortly after founding, struggling to get investment or even basic financial services because it\u2019s too \u201chigh risk\u201d)

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Both of them were really about running legal risks too, laws on taxis vs laws on adult content

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perhaps easier to snare investors by painting a picture of the cyberpunk future with flying robotaxis than the cyberpunk future in which everyone is a titty streamer

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Ironic thing of course is “the mass of the population is superfluous profitably-intermediated-by-technology contract worker prostitutes” is like, the most cyberpunk premise I can imagine.

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