This has been discussed before, and not just on the fediverse. It’s a bad idea because anything can be spun as “political” meaning rampant abuse.

Just stay far, far away from their forums.

That would be great. It would make it a lot easier to convince people to try Ubuntu.

Advertisers will go where people are. Unless people are leaving the Zuckerverse, the advertisers will just go along with it.

Their excuse is that telecom services aren’t actually providing telecom services, but information services.

If that doesn’t make sense to you, it’s because you aren’t brain-damaged.

It’s hard to say. They put out some great stuff that filled some genuine gaps in the market… then the whole thing with the one case happened. It’s very possible they’ve always been shady creeps and we just didn’t notice right away.

this has less to do with using AI, more to do with sloppy code reviews and code quality enforcement.

They are the same picture.

AI is a neat toy… but that’s all it is. It’s horrible at almost every real-world application it’s been forced into, and that’s before you wander into the whole shifting minefield of ethical concerns or consider how wildly untrustworthy they are.