Hey, guys. If you're into activism against silicon valley, here's some intel:
1) Bird/Lime scooters are roughly estimated ~$320/unit for the company; 2) They have a payback period of one month, with three months of profitability; 3) Over its lifetime, that's $920 in costs and $1920 in revenue; 4) This is equivalent to $16/day revenue, with $11 in profit; 5) They expect at a conservative amount at least 1.5x in returns from whatever is invested.
Point of Action: Disabling a scooter (preferably permanantly) within the first month of its life prevents over $1000 of profit. Any longer and it will severely limit profits and revenue. This is a good tactic against the evil Silicon Valley menace.
They have these things in my city too. I don’t go up into the city proper much but maybe I’ll chuck a few into the river if I find a chance. Same with my policy for tearing down military recruitment posters
Elijah Jackson
Is destroying scooters the new toppling trash cans? Seriously, use Free Software Foundation approved distributions and counter surveillance measures if you want to fuck with big tech.
Charles Perez
The easiest way to disable scooters is to cut the power line between the motor and the throttle. On bird scooters, this is a green cable.
Don't cut the red, it's the brake.
Carson Lee
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Ayden Cooper
This is pure anarkiddie-tier performative activism, but I still support just because those scooter are the dumbest fucking concept I've ever heard.
Matthew Morales
That too, but it's nice to do physical sabotage once in a while.
Jason Russell
This sort of passive resistance, alone, does absolutely nothing. Stop advocating for this as it's only ensuring the idleness of individuals, we need to turn them into activists.
Dylan Fisher
wtf I love having no control over my computing MoP now
