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Re:We became the foremost expert on Google Play Store policy... by woodruffw on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:07PM (#33364061)
No, it's not "exactly what's happening."

At the best, it's a thought-provoking analogy. At the worse, it's a tasteless comparison between software engineering (overwhelmingly lucrative, mostly filled with otherwise well-off people) and a legal loophole for slavery.

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Re:We became the foremost expert on Google Play Store policy... by mixmastamyk on Thursday October 27, 2022 @11:20PM (#33367249)
SC is not slavery, and why it is a different word.
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Re:We became the foremost expert on Google Play Store policy... by woodruffw on Thursday October 27, 2022 @11:55PM (#33367500)
Sure, it’s just the thing you do where you take all of the former slaves, keep them working on the same land, and pay them a pittance so they can’t leave. Hum.
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Re:We became the foremost expert on Google Play Store policy... by mixmastamyk on Friday October 28, 2022 @11:54AM (#33373061)
That’s one fraction of the definition. You might consider other perspectives.
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Re:We became the foremost expert on Google Play Store policy... by woodruffw on Friday October 28, 2022 @08:06PM (#33379593)
What substantively different or alternative facet of the definition of "sharecropping" should I consider?
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Re:We became the foremost expert on Google Play Store policy... by mixmastamyk on Saturday October 29, 2022 @12:23PM (#33385493)
Countries and even states not your own. Not to mention the successor to the underground railroad was a thing, people can move when sufficiently motivated.
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