dublet
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- Comment on Big Tech Wants AI to Shop for You—Retailers Want Your Data. Guess Who’s Winning? 15 hours ago:
There’s consent from the shopper and the retailer, so it’s not unethical
Two parties can enter an willingly agreement that’s ultimately harmful for both. For the shopper it will limit choice and for the retailer, they’re signing their own death warrant.
- Comment on Big Tech Wants AI to Shop for You—Retailers Want Your Data. Guess Who’s Winning? 15 hours ago:
Right up until the moment that Comcast does a deal with Facebook to get its agent to not help you get a better rate and perhaps instead lock you into a more expensive contract instead. Remember Facebook’s business model is ads.
- Comment on The Authoritarian Stack 1 week ago:
- Comment on Bending Spoons to acquire AOL 2 weeks ago:
The other criticism I’ve seen levelled against them is that they fire almost everyone who works at a company they acquire to run it bare bones.
- Comment on card game shop 2 weeks ago:
I knew someone who didn’t see the point of wearing any, yet they had a noticeable “funk”. Turned out they’re anosmic.
- Comment on Loops is now part of the Fediverse! 4 weeks ago:
Would you say you were… out of the loops? 🌞 😎
- Comment on DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026 4 weeks ago:
DirecTV’s screensavers will let a user create an AI avatar of themself by scanning a QR code on the screensaver
You are expected to volunteer your face. And interact with the ads. Because you are getting this device to watch ads. Apparently.
- Comment on Someone Is Sending Fake Letters To T-Mobile Customers Shaming Their Browsing History 1 month ago:
Ah, you’re going for the Pete Townshend defence…
- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 2 months ago:
This is why I upgraded my Windows 10 laptop to a Fedora 42 one. 42 is obviously the biggest. And thusly better than Debian.
