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Imagine making this argument for other technologies. There is no opt-out button for machine learning, choosing the power source for their datacenters, the codin
by arrozconcosas 9mo ago
Imagine making this argument for other technologies. There is no opt-out button for machine learning, choosing the power source for their datacenters, the coding language in their software, etc. Conceptually there is a difference between opting out of an interaction with another party vs opting out of a specific part of their technology stack.
- SCdF 9mo agoThe three examples you listed are implementation details, so it's not clear if this is a serious post. Which datacenter they deploy code in is (other than territory for laws etc, which is something you may wish to know about and pick from) an implementation detail. A better example would be: imagine every single operating system and app you use adds spellcheck. They only let you spell check in American[1]. You will get spell check prompts from your Operating System, your browser, and the webapp you're in. You can turn none of them off. [1] in this example, you speak the Queen's English, so spell color colour etc
- thatguy0900 9mo agoUnrelated but interesting to think about terms like "queens English" now that the queen is gone. Will we be back to kings English some day? I suppose the monarchy might stay too irrelevant to bother changing phrases.
- taneq 9mo agoThey’re already calling it the Kings Birthday public holiday in Australia and it just seems wrong.