At some point they get large enough that the whims of users cease to affect their decision-making. If Google, Meta, and MS tomorrow rolled out a social credit system that made the Chinese version look generous, 95+% of their users would not change a THING to avoid it. Maybe 98% of their users.
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thespawnkiller@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I feel like this is the new normal cycle of every software company. Once they become a leader, it’s never enough. It replicates the rise of billionaires. Just as the billionaires being rich beyond anything they and all of their succeeding generations could ever spend is not enough, being the industry leader and producing an amazing product that people want is somehow not enough. It always turns to control and power.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I can’t wait for AI to become a living corporate trillionaire entity and fuck us all to the end of humanity.