@Radical_EgoCom Have seen her speak...she's all abt the 'greater good' by diverting developing countries' water supplies to produce the sugar water that enriches her for, again, exploiting consumers to pay a nice sum for a nutrition less beverage linked to diabetes & obesity worldwide. But, oh yeah, she's considered a pwerhouse female corporate leader to be admired...consistently ranked among the world's 100 most powerful women. #Enough @IndraNooyi is a #SellOut #BaitandSwitch :vomit:

These are essentially #baitAndSwitch attacks.

A few days ago we brainstormed how #I2P might be able to democratise #contentDelivery in #Fediverse, in ways that protect users.

See our #GlutPlug post.

We hope that #Mastodon, #Akkoma, #FireFish and #Epicyon are able to seriously consider how they might do this. App developers for #Tusky and #Fedilab also.

#i2pfs

@andybaio

Color me shocked

No

Wait

Don’t bother

#Meta #Threads #ActivityPub #BaitAndSwitch

cc @Green_Footballs

I just filled my 2022 taxes with @turbotax. Initially it was free! But then, I had forgotten form 1095-A, which increased my refund and costs.
The thing that bugs me the most is that #TurboTax has a classic #BaitAndSwitch scam going😠 . They claim it will only be $59 to upgrade from "Free" to "Deluxe" but what they don't tell you is that it is $59/return. So because I lived in #Cali for a month with no job in 2022, I got charged $177 for my return. That is Federal + 2 states. Absolutely nothing on my state returns changed. #PissedOff.

@airshipper #BaitAndSwitch ?

Generous, morally questionable, self-interested, casually cruel, numb from having seen and done it all, disturbingly creative, fucked in the head women who love exorcising their boredom and unresolved issues on handsome naive broke young men who think they've just hit the jackpot

#baitandswitch #darkkink #dubcon #dubiousconsent #wealthkink #sadism #malevictim #malesub #malesubmissive

@occahuddle It would be interesting to see if legally there’s an opportunity for a class action lawsuit here, for campaign donors to #SueKyrstenSinema for her #BaitAndSwitch

@Teri_Kanefield Wow this blog post is so much more than an evaluation of post.news + mastodon. I shared it with friends/family b/c IMO it is required reading. My takeaways 1- memefication+rage news may contribute to demagoguery due to our losing the ability to process complex thoughts+truly understand how govt works 2-detailed examples Russian influence to divide American society 3- examples of how social media has been weaponized by influencers who #BaitAndSwitch

Ich muss gerade meinem Ärger Luft machen. Habe gerade den #LilienSampler gekauft und darf ihn nicht anhören, weil ich keine #WirLilien-App habe.

Auf der Shop-Seite – vor dem Kauf! – steht geschrieben, die App gäbe es für Smartphone *und* Desktop.
Suche ich aber im Web danach, gibt es nur iOS und Android. Aber nicht Desktop.

Bin gerade ein bisschen enttäuscht. Über diese eigentlich unnötige Hürde. Über den App-Zwang. Und über das #BaitAndSwitch-Gefühl.

How Covid Tracking Apps Are Pivoting for Commercial Profit

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-data-switch/

#Science/Health #BaitandSwitch #publichealth #healthcare #COVID-19 #Science #Apps #data

If you are interested in learning more about the corporate #baitAndSwitch in the rebellious 1960s and 70s, check out the #AdamCurtis documentary series, #TheCenturyOfTheSelf.

Its very revealing.

@yaaps@banana.dog
Maybe #NFT, but we #ThePeople must govern #land democratically. Physical items are also always #confiscatable, that's why #gold is struggling.

We've come to the point of understanding that the whole anti-#ProofOfWork movement is a #BaitAndSwitch.

It attempts to suggest that heat isn't a valid output which is patently false. Everywhere in the world needs some extra heat at some time. #BillGates is in the #antiPOW camp. He's prepared to…1/2
@douginamug @vidak

@spazzpp2
But by saying that heat has absolutely no value you have fallen for the #baitAndSwitch of the corporate establishment. Of course heat has value.

Therefore bitcoin mining has value.

Its amazing that so many accept baitAndSwitch's so easily.

3/7… What's perhaps most insidious are some of the featured #editorials, shown as links on the page.

The most egregious is "Why are fewer women #investing in #shares?":
https://web.archive.org/web/20201108000949/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-24/why-are-fewer-women-investing-in-shares/11139454

This piece also from mid-2019 (this timeline is significant, see below) by business reporter, #EmilyStewart, is a #baitAndSwitch. The reader expects to learn…(3/7)

#PublicServiceAnnoucement

If you are worried about #symbols while there is a #securityState and #billionaireClass creating extreme #inequality and using #violence, and/or a #threatOfViolence to continue its #dominance and #hegemony...

Please take a step back.

Thank you.

#symbolism #idolatry #distraction #breadAndCircuses #programming #memes #restrictTheFrame #resistTheFrame #baitAndSwitch #engineeringOfConsent #theMedia #forcedNews

@guizzy
#LeftRight thinking is cancer, yes.

We have recently used the terms #LeftWhite and #BlackRight to express our disappointment with the 'us versus each other' clash.

The US just can't seem to get it

#leftWhiteParadigm #blackRightParadigm #falseChoice #baitAndSwitch #democracy #noDemocracy #rankedChoiceVoting #engineeringOfConsent #rigged #riggedPrimaries #bernieShamders #socialengineering #propaganda #sham

@schestowitz
Sounds like a #pressRelease and #PR stunt to entice people to pay to use a trashy service.

Did they mention #libreAlternatives like #jitsiMeet #nextCloud etc?

Our bet is no.

Its probably #baitAndSwitch - the paid version will likely use compromised #encryption keys or processes.

#videoConferencing #video #communication #surveillance #zoom #cia #nsa #securityState #securocrats

@matrix
This is #baitAndSwitch.

@strypey
Good to see that you are on #doublethinkWatch, mate.

Yes, it seems like #baitAndSwitch.