"The MacGuffin of Picks and Shovels is a 'weird PC' company called Fidelity Computing, owned by a Mormon bishop, a Catholic priest, and an orthodox rabbi. It sounds like the setup for a joke, but the punchline is deadly serious: Fidelity Computing is a pyramid selling cult that preys on the trust and fellowship of faith groups to sell the dreadful Fidelity 3000 PC and its ghastly peripherals:" There Were Always Enshittifiers https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/04/object-permanence/#picks-and-shovels