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The problems only elevates in a market where the AIs are 'free'. If they are paid, and the user has the leverage to walk away with their wallet on any sign of u
by freediver 1y ago
The problems only elevates in a market where the AIs are 'free'. If they are paid, and the user has the leverage to walk away with their wallet on any sign of unwanted behavior to a competitor that doesn't do it, it corrects itself over time.
- lxgr 1y agoOr to a competitor that does it more subtly. If it's legal and companies can get away with it, why wouldn't they just charge both the user and advertisers?
- advael 1y agoNah, I don't buy that at all Every industry in America, and especially tech players, work to lock in their customers, paid or not. People who are dependent on their phones don't make choices like that, and anticompetitive behaviors are becoming less illegal and easier At this point "vote with your wallet" is basically a delusion in contexts like this
- Vilian 1y agoThey don't even need to lock then, no one outside of tech are going to know how to switch AI provider, they are going to use their phone/computer default, be that google Gemini, Apple AI or Microsoft Copilot, same thing with browsers
- sudahtigabulan 1y ago> no one outside of tech are going to know how to switch This made me think of Asimov's Foundation, the "Church of the Galactic Spirit". Those who knew how tech works were priests. The rest of the populace were pure consumers.
- skywhopper 1y agoHa! Yes, like how when you pay for cable TV they don’t show ads, or biased news coverage. Oh wait!
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agoThe invisible hand is a myth that contradicts the reality of history.