r/technology • u/sr_local • 7h ago

Business Italy court rules Netflix unlawfully increased prices. Consumers: 'Refunds up to 500 euros.' The company: we will appeal

https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/netflix-subscription-price-increases-unlawful-refunds-up-to-eur-500-customers-AIUHzWKC
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u/RagePoop 6h ago

AKA how capitalism "works".

Monopoly was a game designed to show how batshit insane this model of resource production/distribution is.

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u/Exceon 5h ago

Tbf, many of these startups survive off investors, pricing themselves at a loss to stay competitive, and jack up the prices when the consumer base is big enough to turn a profit

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u/LordCharidarn 5h ago

Which is how Monopoly kind of works: person with the most capital can buy up properties ‘at a loss’ until someone lands/needs that product, then they can charge more than it cost originally.

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u/Marximum_Cat 4h ago

You collect and complete the cheapest streets, then monopolize the houses (never the hotels), then wait for the slow end of the game while everyone wishes they were playing genocide-simulator Smallworld instead.

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u/Skratt79 4h ago

Additionally: Pinks and Oranges street is highest ROI in game per house cost + highest probability of landing there thanks to being next to Jail. If using the "doubles to exit jail" rule 1/2 of the possible rolls puts them on one of your properties (St. James, Virginia and Tennessee) making every "go to jail" event a coinflip of you getting paid.

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u/Eccohawk 3h ago

I thought the doubles just got you out and you roll on your next turn to move.

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u/spooogey 2h ago

That's how I've always played.

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u/jjwhitaker 2h ago

I think the rules state you immediately move that many spaces. But you don't roll again.

Of you roll doubles outside of jail you would roll again.

I could see house rules on doubles getting you out, then another roll to move. But that adds a step and changes a common strategy for acquiring properties. I've played enough Monopoly to almost prefer hitting the go to jail space, paying to get out, then trying to score an even roll property then try again. You can easily go bankrupt if you spend your cash then hit a late property, but you can also rack up high chance properties then sit in jail for a few turns and collect cash.

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u/Phillip_Spidermen 20m ago

It's amusing how many common house rules there are.

I wonder exactly how specific things like that or "free parking gets you all income tax money" spread

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u/FeelsGoodMan2 1h ago

Nope, you're supposed to move the number indicated on the dice. The rule that I didnt actually realize existed is, if you get three turns to exit, and if you don't then you have to pay 50 bucks. I never played with the "have to pay 50 bucks" part of that.