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I was going to write a comment about how stupid and harmful these bans are for multiple reasons (including being entirely ineffective at their stated goals anyw

I was going to write a comment about how stupid and harmful these bans are for multiple reasons (including being entirely ineffective at their stated goals anyways), but honestly, who cares at this point. It's clear to me that the internet is dying and will either look dramatically different in the next decade or cease to exist as it's overtaken by bots and AI. And I'm starting to think that's a good thing for humans and society. Perhaps we will return to the real world. (We will still need the internet for communication, but hopefully far less for entertainment etc).

loup-vaillant 10mo ago
Here's the thing though: they're not killing entertainment — at least not in general. They're killing communication.
- dyauspitr 10mo ago
  It’s all just AI and people slop. Real person to person communication won’t be effected.
- llmslave2 10mo ago
  Are they? I don't see FaceTime, WhatsApp, Apple Messages etc being affected. The idiot politicians might in the future and will need to be fought, but I'm at the point where I want to see Facebook, Youtube, and X die.
  - loup-vaillant 9mo ago
    I've heard just today of England trying to hit messaging apps with mandatory image scans — ostensibly to avoid the transmission of unsolicited dick pics, which more than one teenage girl have been the target of, but in practice may have far reaching consequences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y893SFA0iOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y893SFA0iOk I am at the point where I'm watching out for messaging apps breaking actual end-to-end encryption (sending data based on local scans definitely applies there, even if the data is just sending a red flag once in a blue moon). And you can bet the second that happens, I'm out. One last message to all my contacts to tell them, and that's it. And if things get real bad, like, actual private communications become illegal, I know ways to get around that: https://elligator.org/ https://elligator.org/
dyauspitr 10mo ago
Yeah the internet is stupid at this point. I do get a lot of value from YouTube however.
- llmslave2 10mo ago
  Same - but I've also wasted so much time there I reckon it comes out as a wash (or worse).
nephihaha 10mo ago
I used to look things up on the internet, now it's looking me up.

loup-vaillant 10mo ago

Here's the thing though: they're not killing entertainment — at least not in general. They're killing communication.

dyauspitr 10mo ago
It’s all just AI and people slop. Real person to person communication won’t be effected.
llmslave2 10mo ago
Are they? I don't see FaceTime, WhatsApp, Apple Messages etc being affected. The idiot politicians might in the future and will need to be fought, but I'm at the point where I want to see Facebook, Youtube, and X die.
- loup-vaillant 9mo ago
  I've heard just today of England trying to hit messaging apps with mandatory image scans — ostensibly to avoid the transmission of unsolicited dick pics, which more than one teenage girl have been the target of, but in practice may have far reaching consequences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y893SFA0iOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y893SFA0iOk I am at the point where I'm watching out for messaging apps breaking actual end-to-end encryption (sending data based on local scans definitely applies there, even if the data is just sending a red flag once in a blue moon). And you can bet the second that happens, I'm out. One last message to all my contacts to tell them, and that's it. And if things get real bad, like, actual private communications become illegal, I know ways to get around that: https://elligator.org/ https://elligator.org/

dyauspitr 10mo ago

Yeah the internet is stupid at this point. I do get a lot of value from YouTube however.

llmslave2 10mo ago
Same - but I've also wasted so much time there I reckon it comes out as a wash (or worse).

nephihaha 10mo ago

I used to look things up on the internet, now it's looking me up.