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> make the old days of microsoft look good No, they don’t.
by pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
> make the old days of microsoft look good
No, they don’t.
- rightbyte 3y agoMicrosoft was "evil" in the as a FOSS hacker or competitor sense. Google are evil in the as a human sense. Facebook and Google are way worse than MS ever was, and sadly MS seems hell bent on joining their club with Windows 10+. By default Windows now spy on the user and shoves algorithmically manipulated "news" (propaganda) down their throat on the former start menu.
- nologic01 3y agoOne can only rationally extrapolate that the next iteration of so-called "big tech" will be the final nightmare. The conditions for that outcome are getting ripe, with the near elimination of cash and the control of official digital identity the main change drivers.
- rightbyte 3y agoImagine having your driver ID revoked randomly because some Google ML thought your driving patterns were suspicious ... Ye. Neither cash nor ID is something we need "big tech" to solve. IDs being a problem in the first place is a US and third world problem anyways. Just like Uber solved a US only problem (medallion monopoly and shortage).