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 [[File:Toaster.png|450px|thumb|center|It’s got its own app, and bluetooth.]]
-}}{{quote|“All [[reg tech]] solutions are alike; each reg tech problem is a problem in its own way.” <br>
+}}{{quote|“All [[reg tech]] ''solutions'' are alike; each reg tech ''problem'' is a problem in its own way.” <br>
 :—Leo Tolstoy, ''Anna Karenina''}}
-[[Software as a service]] — fondly known as [[SAAS]] but known to [[user]]s as ''[[rent-seeking]]'' as a service — is [[rent-seeking]] by means of [[intellectual property]] or some other kind of monopolistic behaviour. It is also basically the only business model [[reg tech]] entrepreneurs — a.k.a. refugee managing associates with [[School-leaver from Bucharest|JavaScript developers from Bucharest]] they found on the dark web — can figure out.
+[[Software as a service]] — “[[SAAS]]” to its friends; glorified ''[[rent-seeking]]'' to the poor sods who have it imposed on them — is disguised ''re''intermediation by means of tool purportedly there to remove it. It is popular as the only business model most [[reg tech entrepreneur]]s have managed to figure out.
 The equivalent of selling a warranty on a toaster. Charging a running cost for a software application which shouldn’t ''need'' a lot of maintenance, unless you ''built it'' to need maintenance.