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   heapwolf (heapwolf@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 16:02:24 JST heapwolf

   Let's talk about how dumb #coworking spaces are.

   Spaces/Regus is a good example.

   $200/mo to go 70-80% of the time. That’s $56–$137 MORE per month than just chilling at a cafe spending $3-6/day. And the cafe has better coffee.

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     heapwolf (heapwolf@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 16:02:48 JST heapwolf

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     Your expectations for being provided some kind of value should have sky-rocketed at this price-point. But co-working isn't quieter, isn't more private, you're never getting that uninterrupted time to focus, the internet isn't better, coffee is worse (usually), and you're bound to the same location.

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     heapwolf (heapwolf@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 16:02:48 JST heapwolf

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     In fact if you want to have any privacy, or guarantees about the facilities, you need to upgrade to a "private office". Which is a usually a tiny little slice of the floor of an office that has been super subdivided into a thousand little coffins.

     Rich Felker repeated this.
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     heapwolf (heapwolf@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 16:02:48 JST heapwolf

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     Coworking is for office cucks. Don't be an office-cuck.

     Work from a cafe, support local businesses and the people working at them.

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     heapwolf (heapwolf@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 16:02:49 JST heapwolf

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     If you don't want to sign a 24 month contract, you'll pay ~$600/mo. Thats $456–$537 more per month than a cafe.