* Etsy can use anything you upload, post, write or sell... but you can't use anything on their site without their express written permission.
* Your employer can use your personal information for anything they wish, but you can't use anything they share with you. (typical employment contract).
* The proverbial "they" (Etsy, employers, etc.) can, essentially, re-write the contract any time they wish. Disney can use your TV subscription information if you enter one of their parks. Facebook can get the nitty-gritty details of virtually every monetary transaction you are a party to. Just opening my Samsung phone's packaging forces me to accept their arbitration "agreement" and forego my right to sue. Corporate socialism is readily accepted, but socialism to help individuals is somehow "bad". Banks can offer you a .02% annual interest rate on your savings account with a straight face, while actively fighting to do-away with the FDIC. Insurance companies can deny anyone any coverage they don't like, while raking in $12B profit a year. Pension funds are starting to invest in crypto even while God-tier AI hacking tools have it directly in their sights.
A disturbing pattern, indeed:
* Etsy can use anything you upload, post, write or sell... but you can't use anything on their site without their express written permission.
* Your employer can use your personal information for anything they wish, but you can't use anything they share with you. (typical employment contract).
* The proverbial "they" (Etsy, employers, etc.) can, essentially, re-write the contract any time they wish. Disney can use your TV subscription information if you enter one of their parks. Facebook can get the nitty-gritty details of virtually every monetary transaction you are a party to. Just opening my Samsung phone's packaging forces me to accept their arbitration "agreement" and forego my right to sue. Corporate socialism is readily accepted, but socialism to help individuals is somehow "bad". Banks can offer you a .02% annual interest rate on your savings account with a straight face, while actively fighting to do-away with the FDIC. Insurance companies can deny anyone any coverage they don't like, while raking in $12B profit a year. Pension funds are starting to invest in crypto even while God-tier AI hacking tools have it directly in their sights.
I'm getting so damn tired of modern Capitalism.
[dead]