The companies BUILD IN backdoors so that they can steal your data.

But because the backdoor is built in, they have to constantly monitor and update the security around it so that “bad guys” (they don’t think they are the bad guys) don’t get in.

They only do security updates to prevent liability iirc.

The whole thing stinks.

Note: I’m not a software developer just an outraged bystander with tech hobbies and techy friends, it’s possible this isn’t true.

And the volume is cranked too high.

And they are intentionally annoying.

And the last time I had a video on without my adblocker, an ad came on that was literally a person acting like they were a content creator. It was over 3 minutes long. I was only half paying attention (I was driving and just listening to the video) and when I realized it was wrong I thought I had bumped the phone and changed videos. It was so disorienting.

All the ads are lies or propaganda. I hate them. I actively avoid products that find a way to force their ads in front of my face.

It’s not a subtle ad. Google has sold the top slots of your search to companies in exchange for money.

When your search for “Excel”, Google doesn’t try to find you the most relevant result. They find you the highest paying ad, and then what you’re searching for.

Don’t be evil.

The article sure reads like AI word salad. Unfortunately it’s just legible enough that it could just be a dumb human with a thesaurus.

The government website is way more readable.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchley-declaration/the-bletchley-declaration-by-countries-attending-the-ai-safety-summit-1-2-november-2023

Literally all modern evidence points to the healthier tribal and nomadic humans having animal-based diets.

Healthier teeth, healthier skin and hair, longer lifespans, better musculature.

I hate Elon Musk and I still like the cybertruck.

I’m ashamed but I’d probably buy one and be happy with it, 100% in the city, doing mostly light hobby work, towing a boat, or locally camping.

Look at the tires, they are pretty suboptimal.

I switched to an EV 3 years ago and there is way too much torque at low rpm. The power curve just probably isn’t designed for loose dirt. Not to mention the cyber truck weighs a billion pounds.

I’m in support of not negotiating with terrorists. If I’m captured, kill me. I’m likely too suffer and then die anyway, and be leverage in the process. Fuck that.

If you decide to START history in 1947 you might miss out on over a thousand years of Muslim aggression towards Jews.

I’m no Quran expert but people seem to talk about numerous passages where Muhammad went on one rant or another about how awful they were.

https://www.answering-islam.org/authors/roark/hate_jews.html

Also the regional conflict goes way farther than the 20th century.

https://www.profolus.com/topics/origin-causes-israeli-palestinian-conflict-explained/

Poe’s Law strikes again.

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Misread the post.

Costco.

It’s not all companies that are trash. It’s just most.

Costco is (afaik) not unionized, though the company is union friendly (there may be unionized stores?). They are publicly traded. And workers are paid better than a living wage and have a bunch of benefits.

The company chooses to do this despite their shareholder responsibility, and I will never shut up about it.

Once you’re getting a fair shake, if the company establishes trust, you can get rid of the union. And the company can save the money they spend trying to ruin your lives on something else instead. Not all companies are trash.

But most are.

It’s absolutely vital for governments to promote workers’ ability to unionize and provide employees with rights to protect them from corporate greed.

That’s because the manager is incentivized to not help you, while the union is incentivized to help you.

Unions are game-theoretically necessary.

Because clearly she randomly fainted from low blood pressure and slammed her head repeatedly on the pavement.

Lemmy leans significantly harder left than Reddit did, I think. It’s hard to have discussions about any of the leftist talking points.

Thankfully lemmy also doesn’t have karma so who tf cares, right?

They can’t charge their REAL customers, the ad purchasers, as much without the ads being “targeted”.

$14 is unrealistic and will never be paid, but it means that it’s an option… So I’m guessing that people will be able to “opt in” to a free version with targeted ads… This whole thing is probably just a workaround.

Yep, it’s corporate propaganda to blame price hikes on workers to put shoppers against workers instead of having everyone hate corpos.