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So many. "AI" is the dotcom bubble (notice how every big company HAS to get in on it, no matter how ridiculous their application is?)... Further, it will simpl
by amatecha 3y ago
So many.
"AI" is the dotcom bubble (notice how every big company HAS to get in on it, no matter how ridiculous their application is?)... Further, it will simply allow those who apply their power unto others to do so in an even more egregious or deeply-reaching way.
Advertising should be illegal.
Proprietary software is basically always a trap (if it's not harmful or coercive at first, it eventually will be, well after you're locked in).
The web has been ruined by turning it into an operating system (also see "advertising should be illegal"). 99% of the time I just want very lightly-styled text, and some images. I don't need (or want) animated, drop-shadowed buttons.
Graphical OS user experience was basically "solved" 30 years ago and there hasn't been much of anything novel since -- in fact, in terms of usability, most newer OSes are far worse to use than, say, Macintosh System 7 (assuming you like a GUI for your OS). The always-online forced updates of modern OSes exacerbates their crappiness -- constant change and thus cognitive load, disrespectfully changing how things work despite how much effort you spent to familiarize yourself with them.
- amatecha 3y agohaha, how timely for me to say "proprietary software is basically always a trap"! https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments... (yeah, I know the same sort of thing can/does happen with FOSS stuff ;) )
- _kb 3y agoIf these are things that few people agree with, well count me among the few.