I was a backer of strong laws, up until the rugby case study, or fiasco. Now I think it doesn't matter.
Rugby was popular, and not covered under anti-siphoning rules. Fox paid millions, and put it behind their paywall.
Now, after several years, nobody gives a shit about rugby, the Fruit & Nut Wallabies are a joke, and rugby has reversed course and now has games on FTA.
Other sports have taken note.
We have such a small population (market size) with so many sports (products) that making it only available via pay to watch is a very dangerous game (price sensitive).
I know that the whole cashless gaming is supposedly targeting tax cheats blah blah,.
But the whole cashless thing is making me twitch.
You are further distancing money from a physical/logical good to an abstract thing that doesn't really mean anything.
The move away from cash to cashless is having the same effect.
Paying $15 when you only have a $20 in your wallet to last you to payday is a lot different to just tapping your card for those new shoes, or another $500 of 'points' to flush through a pokie.
idk, maybe I'm an old guy barking at the moon, but something feels really off. I think I'm going to pull out $500 in cash, and use that to pay for everything and see if it changes my perspective.
Let's say a picture of you or I was used for scam ads.
What do you reckon the chances would be of the cops or Commonwealth prosecutors ever giving a shit about it and even initially starting a case against a corporate giant like Meta?
Yet, they did it for Twiggy. Even though it was a waste of money and time.
Now, I guess,.he gets to use all that and start a private lawsuit. Which you or I could never afford against Meta....
I guess all these electric cars will start having a brand sound the same way they think having different 'halo' headlights somehow makes them special or cool. Then they'll turn them up to 11 so you hear their sounds over the competitors...
But did you think it was funny? That's why I posted it.
There is heaps of advertising etc around and I'd recommend you train yourself to ignore it. You won't be able to go outside or use 90% of the internet otherwise.
The fact this is an ad doesn't stop me from laughing at it. It's certainly not going to make me rush out and buy anything or do anything different from what I'm doing.
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Sometimes I just have to shake my head.
It's like they don't know how babies are made.....or what having a child entails.