Comment Re:Economy is collapsing (Score 3, Funny) 35
Capitalism is falling apart
Any day now.
Capitalism is falling apart
Any day now.
Antoinette Hocbo, a former marketing professional who knows the tricks brands use to chip away at willpower, bought a $199 Pilates program, an iPad, and an arsenal of makeup products after TikTok's algorithm served her a stream of aspirational content.
Not my problem.
"To see that people are using [BNPL services] to buy something as basic and fundamental as groceries," Morris told me on stage at Web Summit in Lisbon this week, "I think is a pretty clear indication that a lot of people are struggling."
I have used Klarna invoice to buy take-away many times when I've been hungry as hell because it's the quickest way to check out. I am definitely not struggling economically.
They've been averaging over 1000 commits per week to their code based for the entire year now.
Cutting that down to 100 per week would probably be a good first step at slowing the deterioration of their product.
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