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Gabriel Custodiet | Privacy, Personal Security, & Freedom In The Digital Dystopian Age
Adobe Subscription Models and ESG Corporate Principles
The host critiques the software subscription model used by companies like Adobe, which requires users to be constantly online and logged in. This shift is linked to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, which are described as a social credit score for corporations. These metrics allow large investment firms to coordinate corporate behavior and potentially lock out "non-investable" individuals or content creators.