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Hank G ☑️<p>Big tech and techbro billionaires, "Akshully LLM's don't use as much electricity as the Luddites keep claiming."</p><p>Also big tech: "Reactivate every shut down coal, nuclear, and gas turbine plant ever built + build way more with specious zoning even if it is causing massive environmental harm already to nearby populations because we 'need' more power for our LLM models." <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BillionairesShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillionairesShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a></p>
Hank G ☑️"Their fantasy relies on the consolidation of energy and AI infrastructure, and their ability to isolate places from history, regulation, and the needs of ordinary people—in other words, their ability to thwart democracy." <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=VultureCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VultureCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/why-are-tech-oligarchs-so-obsessed-with-energy-and-what-does-that-mean-for-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">techpolicy.press/why-are-tech-…</a>
Tim<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@midzer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>midzer</span></a></span> Ok guess I'm doing this. Any tips from the wider community how to target more "normie" folks and point to why a marketplace outside of Facebook could be useful?</p><p>Any resources / links to introduce people to <a href="https://wants.coffee/tags/survaillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>survaillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://wants.coffee/tags/BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> ?</p><p>Anyone know of other casestufdies of small local <a href="https://wants.coffee/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> servers that gained some traction with non-fedi folks?</p><p><a href="https://wants.coffee/tags/socialcoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialcoop</span></a></p>
Hank G ☑️<p>I know I'm late to resharing <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.sprawl.club/users/ludicity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ludicity</span></a></span> 's AI hypecycle/bubble busting rant. It's just so damn good that I had to share it again anyway. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=TechCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCulture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will…</a></p>
Hank G ☑️Facebook has rolled out the Threads API inviting anyone and everyone to write apps around it. How exciting! Imagine all the cool things you can do. Don't worry about a rug pull later. Nope. Big tech has never and will never do that! /sarcasm <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a>
Hank G ☑️My experience had been that I get suggested right wing content and fed right wing ads most of the time despite my viewing history and ad grading would be the exact opposite of that. Glad to see it quantified. Disappointed it's true. Not surprised at all. It's all about keeping the money rolling in. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtubes-algorithm-recommends-users-right-wing-religious-content-resea-rcna155478" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">YouTube’s algorithm recommends users right-wing and religious content, research finds</a>
Hank G ☑️I trust Apple more than any other big tech company. I still don't trust them on this. Sorry. If I can't turn off call back to the cloud on your AI crap I don't want your products. It's easy enough to ditch it for desktop/laptop but god help me if I can't shut it down on mobile because the alternatives are way worse. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/apples-ai-promise-your-data-is-never-stored-or-made-accessible-by-apple/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Apple’s AI promise: “Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple”</a>
Hank G ☑️I mean that's great that they agree to this but they already have pursued AI with reckless abandon and see zero signs of changing that. I'm thinking this is going to be more like Climate Change agreements: not good for more than wiping your ass with it. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-openai-google-and-other-major-companies-reach-ai-safety-agreement/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">neowin.net/news/microsoft-open…</a>
Hank G ☑️...with my luck I'll go through all the brain damage of switching back to Garmin, since there is no decent FOSS fitness tracking hardware, get everything wired up in a de-Googled Android OS (assuming Health services work at all there), and a week later Garmin will get bought by Apple or Google and I'll be equally fucked with all my data going to the same goddamn place. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a>
Hank G ☑️If Apple starts sending all my fucking search, messages, photos, files, etc. data to Google or OpenAI I'm done with them. They are my compromise platform because I hate adding to the Google/Facebook style data reseller big tech data lakes. I honestly don't know what the alternative will be at that point besides having to hobble my experience with /e/os, LineageOS, whatever, self hosting services, etc. and try to figure out a work around for banking apps. Motherfuckers! This is so enraging. I have a feeling I better start getting my ducks in a row to depart their ecosystem sooner rather than later. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/26/apple-open-ai-ios-18-talks/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">macrumors.com/2024/04/26/apple…</a>
Grant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@timhollo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>timhollo</span></a></span> emailed this today:</p><p>'Yesterday, out of the blue, Facebook started removing a whole lot of posts by The Green Institute, me, Elissa, our board member Julie, and various others, sharing the news about our&nbsp;launch of FroGI&nbsp;and photos from the event at Parliament House."</p><p>We can no longer continue to rely on big tech platforms to provide community communication.<br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/greeninstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greeninstitute</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a></p>
Nachtaktiv :fckafd: :nonazis:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/profile/hankg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hankg</span></a></span><br>Conde Nast loves the Silicon Valley. Expected scribblings </p><p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a></p>
Hank G ☑️Tech press giving Bluesky the same treatment they gave Mastodon/fediverse after covering it in a positive light for ten minutes back in 2022. So fucking predictable. I'm not pleased with Bluesky sucking up all the decentralized social media oxygen these past several months. I mean AP fediverse didn't even get a mention in this article at all. But the "oh well I guess we just have to keep kissing Musk's ass and use Twitter" coverage is bullshit too. Ironically one of their complaints was a same one they had about Mastodon: not enough virality of shitposting content and doomscrolling. Yes, that's what the world needs :eyeroll:. Ironically they also complained that Bluesky is too much like the UX people are used to on Twitter so too boring. Meanwhile that's the opposite of their complaint about Mastodon which was just way too confusing to figure out...or something. I guess their Goldilocks zone for social media is Twitter, Tik-Tok, and Facebook/Instagram. How original Wired magazine. How very fucking original. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a><br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/blueskys-future-is-social-medias-past/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bluesky’s Future Is Social Media’s Past</a>
Hank G ☑️I mean this was the inevitable outcome. I hate that my messaging is tied to specific platforms like Apple or Facebook. Tech savvy people like me can find some niche workaround but it will take government regulation to make that available to the masses. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=iMessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iMessage</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=beeper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beeper</span></a><br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/21/beeper-done-trying-bring-imessage-android-after-month-long-cat-mouse-game-apple/?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnNsYXNoZG90Lm9yZy8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC-nZOIdPrwcKU0bmobmN7MKRi2bEesjYcIXQANTun7RwcQt-dIrsMO4iC89GLpoCeL_HNA86OPRAXg7oZ48ggr6-5t-PaDxkuAgoiKU3fkE-GgXZozw9Icu7FMUylbALwgzuCArGp6ASiVhHspXUbfvn9ZlrkMP1-n9RnVrOi3u" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Beeper says it's done trying to bring iMessage to Android after month-long 'cat and mouse' game with Apple | TechCrunch</a>
Hank G ☑️Exhibit A why I refuse to use any of the LLM stuff unless it is self hosted. When will the data, money, and power hoarding ever be enough for these companies and the billionaires? <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BillionairesShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillionairesShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a><br><a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/oops-google-search-caught-publicly-indexing-users-conversations-with-bard-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Oops! Google Search caught publicly indexing users’ conversations with Bard AI</a>
Hank G ☑️You know who doesn’t milk everyone dry and then try to put everyone over a barrel to let them keep doing that to the detriment of everyone else? The fediverse and non-big tech/SV VC companies. May these sorts of things help build inertia against these motherfuckers. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DeleteBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteBigTech</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DeleteFacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteFacebook</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-meta-wildfires-news-1.6942458" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trudeau denounces Meta</a>
Hank G ☑️You know who doesn’t milk everyone dry and then try to put everyone over a barrel to let them keep doing that to the detriment of everyone else? The fediverse and non-big tech/SV VC companies. May these sorts of things help build inertia against these motherfuckers. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DeleteBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteBigTech</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DeleteFacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteFacebook</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-meta-wildfires-news-1.6942458" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trudeau denounces Meta</a>
Hank G ☑️You know who doesn’t milk everyone dry and then try to put everyone over a barrel to let them keep doing that to the detriment of everyone else? The fediverse and non-big tech/SV VC companies. May these sorts of things help build inertia against these motherfuckers. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DeleteBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteBigTech</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DeleteFacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteFacebook</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-meta-wildfires-news-1.6942458" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trudeau denounces Meta</a>
Hank G ☑️You know who doesn’t milk everyone dry and then try to put everyone over a barrel to let them keep doing that to the detriment of everyone else? The fediverse and non-big tech/SV VC companies. May these sorts of things help build inertia against these motherfuckers. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DeleteBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteBigTech</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DeleteFacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteFacebook</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-meta-wildfires-news-1.6942458" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trudeau denounces Meta</a>
Hank G ☑️I finally got to this <span class="h-card"><a href="https://changelog.social/users/changelog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>changelog</span></a></span> episode in my podcast backlog with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> talking about his and <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=RebeccaGiblin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RebeccaGiblin</span></a> book "Chokepoint Capitalism". As cynical my opinions are on the current state of our capitalist system before listening to it it's now even lower. I've had the book in my "to read" list for some time because I have wanted to read it but I make even less progress with that backlog than my podcast one. A worthy listening but it will get your blood pressure up. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=VultureCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VultureCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=MonopoliesAndCartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonopoliesAndCartels</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BillionairesShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillionairesShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BigTechShouldNotExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechShouldNotExist</span></a> <a href="https://changelog.com/podcast/535" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">changelog.com/podcast/535</a>