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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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That means they can pay low wages and charge high prices and make a hell of a lot of money, which is why there are so many fucking dollar stores:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/27/walmarts-jackals/#cheater-sizes
That's the most obvious form of value harvesting, but it's not the only one.
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2026-03-23T06:05:23.784Z