Comment on Our [Stack Exchange's] partnership with Google and commitment to socially responsible AI
circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 8 months agoWe paid for the development of the internet. We contributed the content. Now we watch the yacht owners take advantage of both because regulators are asleep at the wheel owned by corporations.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You didn’t think people used the answers for non-profit FOSS projects only. So what has changed?
Yeah, we paid for the development of the internet. We also paid for the building of roads and other infrastructure. We do and did that so that we would benefit from new and better services. That these services are provided by (for profit) corporations was always part of the plan.
Yes, some people profit more than others. So it seems fair to me, that higher incomes should pay higher taxes. This is something that has changed.
tb_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Except we don’t (generally) get charged again for using those roads once they have been built.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 8 months ago
WDYM? Who is charged again for what?
Roads require constant maintenance, which is paid for through taxes. Obviously, we’re not charged for the building or maintenance of most roads.
tb_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But we are charged if we wish to make use of these new AI models