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Reflecting on both stories gives me a lot of wistful feelings: for all the cultural failings of both companies as they used to be, it’s a grim comparison to how they are now, turning their customers into Matrix-style data batteries and falling over each other to lick Nazi boots.

I never knew how much I’d miss the consumer-driven capitalism I was born into, but our current flavor of investor-driven capitalism sure makes it look good by comparison.

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