“Fake it till you make it” is a time-tested business strategy.

Especially when you’re considered too big to fail.

And also when you don’t consider survivor bias when trying to “learn” from the success stories of the past.

They’ve all got so much invested in AI that they’re not going to back off.

Any kind of acknowledgement of failure might pop the bubble.

I wasn’t talking about kagi, I was saying staying “off google” doesn’t mean you aren’t being tracked.

Its a good start but you’re probably being tracked by your credit card, supermarket loyalty card, TV, operating systems and any ring camera you happen to walk past.

Also I think a lot of supermarkets are trying out facial recognition for “security” reasons. But probably they’re watching how you walk and shop etc.

Thinking you can avoid it completely is bold. Data data poisoning is (maybe) the only way to break even with the data companies.

I’ve got a bit of cash for services I want to support, and I only use it as a good search engine. None of the customisation stuff. No AI.

And I find it worth it.

I’ve been with them for a couple of years now. Unfortunately the devices just doubled in price but I’m very happy with them otherwise.

I’m grateful. It was the push I needed to stop using windows.

If they’d made it even vaguely tempting I probably wouldn’t have bothered.

He’s pretty untouchable.

Every government thinks AI is the next gold/oil rush and whoever gets to be the “AI country” will become excruciatingly rich.

That’s why they’re being given IP exemptions and all sorts of legal loopholes are being attempted/ set up for them.

I was being sarcastic.

They will for sure use things like phobias/weaknesses to psychologically influence you to get you out of their way.

They for sure won’t get hold of any notes about medical conditions (or god forbid, notes from your therapist) and use them against you if you opposed them.

I’ve been using mint exclusively for like 3 months and have been using a hearty blend of terminal installs and the program manager app.

It seems to not have caused any problems YET, but I’ve been assured it will. I see flatpack conversations a lot and don’t fully understand the differences (apart from the install method).

Is it worth understanding and committing to a single system or can I just be a low-power user for a while?

Yes, and they were all as smart at humans. ;)

So mostly average but some absolute thickos too.

They’re not going away, they’re just going to be more persistent with their cold calling, and more infuriating with their call answering.

A whole new generation of the Kobo readers just came out too!

I’ve got one of the previous Gen and I was so happy to find they have models with the clicky buttons to turn the page.

You don’t know any 5yo software engineers?

Great, so when they abandon the nuclear project in 18mths who will maintain them?

The absolute lack of any kind of consistency with layout or alignment makes me cringe too.

It’s just shows how they’re just glued onto the page with no care or planning. Especially no consideration to the user or user experience.

I literally downloaded this two days ago. Wtf

It’s not for you as a consumer.

It’s to reduce your usefulness as a worker.

Which would be lovely, if our value wasn’t calculated by our usefulness to the market.

It’s not on mine yet.

So some a/b testing maybe