Why

Not a god damn thing

Hmm stunned disbelief, I tell ya. How on earth did anyone ever think this could happen, big corpo putting ads inside the most hyper targeted machine the world has ever seen. How could they ever decide to do this

I see your 1974 and raise you a 1931

Jurassic Park

Whoa super cool! I would ask you to say what it is but do not expect you to answer :)

If any of you dumb fucks don’t think we already live in a surveillance state, you are part of the problem

…and do they sell data, including video, to law enforcement and insurance?

Sincerely, A person who recently was in a fender bender and was not surprised at all when Progressive shared “incident footage” from a Ring camera across the street at a location completely unrelated to the fender bender

(They ARE selling your data, folks. NEVER trust big tech to act in your best interest)

Not in ten years hell no

FRIENDNHP

Having worked in energy for 10 years (particularly battery storage and solar) you are correct about the prices falling, and in my opinion you are also correct about this dooming fossils.

However, I do not agree with your second point around a new economy arising built around labor rather than capital. The mechanics of value creation can change (eg renewables vs fossils) but what the ruling class will not allow to change without intense prolonged struggle is their own position as the rulers.

Lol they’ve already announced funding (or intent to fund?) for reviving coal mining

OpenAI said in a blog post that the product results it surfaces are “organic and unsponsored, ranked purely on relevance to the user,” and that it will charge merchants a “small fee” for completed purchases.

…for now. Remember the free open promise of the 1990s/2000s internet? This will get enshittified the same way, but faster. Once OpenAI corners it, I confidently promise they will jack prices wayyy up and monopolize it just like any other corpo.

Jesus we fucking tried this, didn’t we? SDI. Reagan’s Star Wars.

DuckDuckGo browser my friend. The “Duck Player” feature plays YT videos in-browser without ads or other tracking

Brooch and mooch.

But, aren’t these the same sounds as boot / proof / boost etc.?

“Has been determined”

Lmao by who? Based on what inputs? I think we all know the answers

Converted, huh. It’s not already there?

Wait, free users of Spotify could not pick which track they listen to???

Cars have been giant smartphones {tracking and data collection gold mines} for years now