See, you’re just lucky. Many folks don’t have good bosses, so a law like this is good.
See, you’re just lucky. Many folks don’t have good bosses, so a law like this is good.
US universities are pro football teams with a sideline in education.
They have ARPU targets (Average Revenue Per User) and UAC targets (User Acquisition Costs). Whales contribute significantly to the game’s bottom line. Non-paying customers are vital, because player population is a game quality, and Whales need a population to notice how awesome they are.
But game companies don’t tend to separate Whales from other players (at least not the ones I’ve worked for), they tend to care about ARPU, which is more stable, and a much easier target to shoot for. And they want to keep UAC down, which lowers the required ARPU for a successful game.
Cory Doctorow termed it “Enshittification”, and wrote about the process here: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
I think it’s pretty clear from my comment that I don’t need that law. But some people do, because some people have bosses who will not behave normally and decently unless forced to.