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Mozilla Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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From the new terms:

When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's what's known as "vulture capitalism" or "parasitic capitalism", where sociopathic kleptocrats are allowed control and treat all aspects of life as hostile and adversarial — value must be extracted and stolen from others — rather than a mutually beneficial relationship to improve and enrich the experience for everyone.

This is exemplified by the stock market and "line must go up" — the belief that stable, sustainable profits are a failure and growth must be continuous and exponential, in a planet and civilisation of finite resources, analogous to cancer.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is even a rumor that, perhaps, no other form of capitalism truly exists.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

I was about to say that just sounds like capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

It’s what’s known as “vulture capitalism” or “parasitic capitalism”,

So, capitalism.

Or please kindly enumerate what other kinds of capitalism provably exist.