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Most of it isn't even made to improve human life, it was just a matter of time until people wake up they're getting a downgraded experience to please shareholde
by lm28469 3y ago
Most of it isn't even made to improve human life, it was just a matter of time until people wake up they're getting a downgraded experience to please shareholders and business owners.
- keiferski 3y agoI'm not that cynical, and I do think that a lot of tech has done good things for people. Even something like Facebook was useful at the beginning, even if that is obviously no longer the case.
- grujicd 3y agoFacebook can still be useful. I'm using it as a centralized portal for all local events (concerts, festivals...). Smaller events are very hard or impossible to discover or track any other way. But you have to train fb a bit, and ignore irrelevant stuff you'll still see. But there is a value in it, at least for me.
- keiferski 3y agoYeah I meant more that when it started, it was simply useful in a straightforward sense, whereas today it's been optimized for extracting ad revenue and engagement.