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    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.misc on Fri Mar 6 03:03:12 2026
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    The Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) has released a
    wickedly funny skit (in English, even) warning against products that
    start out attractive and fun to use, but then get enshittified with
    extra-cost “options” that turn out not to be so “optional”.

    And yes, they use the word a lot.

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ>
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  • From Jim Jackson@[email protected] to comp.misc on Fri Mar 6 16:55:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc

    On 2026-03-06, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
    The Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerr??det) has released a
    wickedly funny skit (in English, even) warning against products that
    start out attractive and fun to use, but then get enshittified with extra-cost ???options??? that turn out not to be so ???optional???.

    And yes, they use the word a lot.

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ>

    Absolutely hilarious. Yet frightening.

    And it comes to us courtesy of a government agency and consumer protection organisation. Yea!!!!
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.misc on Fri Mar 6 22:31:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:55:21 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    And it comes to us courtesy of a government agency and consumer
    protection organisation.

    In a multiparty democracy.
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  • From Jim Jackson@[email protected] to comp.misc on Fri Mar 6 22:50:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc

    On 2026-03-06, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:55:21 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    And it comes to us courtesy of a government agency and consumer
    protection organisation.

    In a multiparty democracy.

    In a very rich country, without super-rich billionaires controlling things.

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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.misc on Sat Mar 7 01:16:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:50:42 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    On 2026-03-06, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:55:21 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    And it comes to us courtesy of a government agency and consumer
    protection organisation.

    In a multiparty democracy.

    In a very rich country, without super-rich billionaires controlling
    things.

    You think they would allow such things?
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  • From Jim Jackson@[email protected] to comp.misc on Sat Mar 7 15:13:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc

    On 2026-03-07, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:50:42 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    On 2026-03-06, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:55:21 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    And it comes to us courtesy of a government agency and consumer
    protection organisation.

    In a multiparty democracy.

    In a very rich country, without super-rich billionaires controlling
    things.

    You think they would allow such things?

    Sorry you lost me there - who are "they" and what are "such things".
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.misc on Sat Mar 7 22:58:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc

    On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 15:13:43 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    On 2026-03-07, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:50:42 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    On 2026-03-06, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:55:21 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

    And it comes to us courtesy of a government agency and consumer
    protection organisation.

    In a multiparty democracy.

    In a very rich country, without super-rich billionaires
    controlling things.

    You think they would allow such things?

    Sorry you lost me there - who are "they" and what are "such things".

    These “super-rich billionaires” of yours: would they allow a campaign,
    in a country where they control things, to sound the alarm about their
    own activities?
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