It’s simple - if your product or platform uses dark patterns, I will not use it. I will even use an inferior platform or product in order to be free to choose how I use my software.
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Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube might slow down your videos if you block adsEnglish3·14 days agoReminder, Newgrounds is still here.
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor BacklashEnglish44·19 days agoGood, we don’t need LLMs crowbarred into everything. You don’t need a summary of an encylopedia article, it is already a broad overview of a complex topic.
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Indian carmakers in Chinese trouble as rare earths supply runs shortEnglish4·21 days agoFucking stop making cars FTFY
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education SystemEnglish3·1 month agoDo you really think schools teach critical thinking and practical knowledge? State mandated education is geared to produce people who are smart enough to run the system and stupid enough not to question it. The fact that this dullard factory is being distrupted by what is essentially an electronic parrot speaks volumes about the whole charade.
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026English18·1 month agoSpent waaay too much on a single volume illustrated edition of all the Earthsea books. My weekend is going to be lit.
I see that we’ve entered the bargaining period.
I used to frequent the /tg/ board, it had people making homebrew conceptual RPGs - the kind of stuff that the indie RPG scene pretends to have invented. Sorry to see the site go, but it was inevitable.
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Dear Big Tech, Stop Shoving AI Into Operating SystemsEnglish193·3 months agoYeah, I’ve seen the same song and dance for the last 20 years. At this point I just shrug whenever I hear Windows users complain about their shitty OS.
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concernsEnglish2·3 months agoYeah, people are bitching about first party titles never going down in price, meanwhile I’m here enjoying my 300Eur indie machine.
I will copypaste your comment next time people complain Linux is hard to learn.
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Finally, a Linux laptop with a brilliant display and performance that rivals my MacBook (from Germany)English0·3 months agoMy lenovo + ubuntu combo is pretty neat
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employeesEnglish34·3 months agoThey have managed to fuck up something as simple as right clicking. There are no words.
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Discord going public. Plz help a future refugee.English2·3 months agoMumla? Is it even still being updated?
Rooty@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•People Are Using AI to Create Influencers With Down Syndrome Who Sell NudesEnglish11·3 months agoWhy TF are you using social media? I log into meta for business purposes and the whole thing is a slop firehose.
Fascists value compliance and ideological fervor over competency, so naturally all fascist led faction experience a competency crisis sooner or later.May this happen more often.
You Kagi shills never give up, do you? Also, information wants to be free, hack the planet yadda yadda.
My coworker who has an absolute hard-on for ChatGPT has tried several times in vain to get it to say the correct answer to a question I knew the answer to. LLMs are bullshit engines and toys for the malicious.
The fact that Microsoft charges a subscription to word processors and spreadsheet software is nothing less than absurd. And the software itself is getting worse at every iteration