Jak umiera sieć, odcinek kolejny - tym razem jak duże koncerny wykorzystują syfiate algorytmy #google do promowania swoich stronek, które udają strony dla konsumentów z ocenami produktów.
Warto przeczytać. Ale to nie jest miła lektura. Dobro nie zwycięża.
Can you imagine working for Google with a straight face on technology like this and just sleeping at night? Fucking nuts right? Like you think you’re changing the world but you’re just making sure teens get 0.2% more ads for Ozempic per day than before. These people do it then go to chipotle and get a burrito like a sociopath. #google#ads#privacy
Every time, you think it couldn't get any worse, a new revelation tops it off. As an author, I wonder how long it will take for the book market to be completely enshittified.
Thank you for the #giftArticle! ⬆️ @writers@bookstodon
Google was caught tracking users' browsing even when they had enabled "incognito mode". In the settlement of a lawsuit, Google has agreed to destroy the data it thus collected. Abuses like tracking the actions of users cannot be excused by mere consent.
Destroying the data collected by #Google without destroying the software programmed with those data through statistical optimization techniques (improperly called #AI) won't change anything for the victims.
@TechConnectify I can recommend #homeAssistant instead of #Google home.
Even if something is broken, you can debug and fix it easily or use some workaround.
You don't need to wait until service is retired and some new buggy in other way service with confusing name appears after that.
I'm concerned about the quality of Google search results. Lately, I'm seeing Reddit links dominate the top spots, even when they're not the most relevant sources. Is there a reason for this? DuckDuckGo is giving out better results. What is going on? 🤔 Btw, if you connected to the vpn and not logged into the Reddit, you get lovely fake message from Reddit. The official Reddit app is crap too. What do you think?
@rbreich
🥥 We are conditioned to associate wealth with some combination of unusual skills possessed exclusively by the wealthy.
Based on a random sample of highly wealthy tech bros, Eye submit the hypothesis that these skills are in fact mainly sociopathy, greed, lack of empathy, and absence of scruples.
Convince me that Eye'm wrong. 🥥 #Wealth, #Wealthy, #Billionaires, #Musk, #Zuckerberg, #Gates, #Apple, #Google, #AI, #EatTheRich, #TuckersBalls
Interestingly Google is considering putting its AI-driven search function behind a paywall as part of their premium service.
However, given the experience of many people being able to avoid AI-driven search may be a bonus.
In sort of looks like a reverse enshitification (h/t @pluralistic ) - the shitty service disappears behind the paywall leaving us with old fashioned algorithm search (hurrah).
Today is the 20th anniversary of the launch of Gmail, Google’s email service that some interpreted as some kind of April Fools’ joke at the time. But it would go on to become a dominant player in the email space. Tech Radar takes a look back at Gmail’s rise that began when we still “demanded a hyphen between ‘e’ and ‘mail.’” https://flip.it/PD4MNI #Tech#Email#Google#Gmail