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Capitalists be like (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Maybe mushrooms are still in the "build userbase" phase. Soon they will begin with the enshittification, raise the prices, put normal quality of life functions behind a paywall and add ads.

[–] gibmiser 59 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tbf to the mushrooms, enshitification does sound like it would be good for them, botanically speaking.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

I should not have laughed as hard as I did at this🤣

[–] joostjakob 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IIRC, this actually happens. When the balance is disturbed, the mushrooms go wild and destroy young sapplings. Could be I recall incorrectly and it's actually other species. I cannot recommend The Mother Tree enough, it goes into great detail of the history of research into this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Great book Made me consider how we give for granted that research is impartial while actually it is not