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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by Marsymars on Saturday April 26, 2025 @02:51PM (#43806151)
Services are all basically a proxy for the physical world though. Other than things like art and media that people value for their own sake.
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by stolsvik on Sunday April 27, 2025 @09:16PM (#43816613)
Google and Facebook?
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by Marsymars on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:56AM (#43822895)
I'm not entirely sure what your question is - are you asking how Google/Facebook are proxies for physical thing?

Google, at its core, provides a service that helps you do physical things more quickly. If I need to replace the cruise control buttons on my car, I could go to the library and source a manual, or I could just search Google.

Facebook marketplace increases the efficiency of trading physical goods.

The Facebook feed is probably most akin to cigarettes.

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