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  • Thanks for the info. I missed that. And although I can‘t say this is a huge thing by it‘s own I understand it leaves a bitter taste in some mouths.

    Personally I don‘t think it‘s good to see things so black and white. It‘s fair to say you‘re losing confidence over this but saying they‘re turning evil goes a bit far.

  • They have a right to throw you out too. They just don‘t enforce it because it‘s not worth losing users over. They still can make money from your information and contributions so it‘s unlikely they will ever truly fight adblockers.

  • I genuinely expected them to go with the much more exploitable „Made with Europe“ proposal so this is a bit of a surprise. I‘m still not sold on this idea entirely because the EU has a lot of trade obligations with nations around the world who may feel betrayed by this. But it‘s still better than other proposals I guess.

  • What system? It‘s an LLM. A blackbox. Any accomplishments regarding cybersecurity are rendered useless with LLMs. That‘s why you should never use agent based applications for important things. Not now. Not ever.

    You can always insert prompt your way out of any guard rails if you are persistent enough. It might become too bothersome at some point to use it on a daily basis but it will never be completely fixed and right now it‘s fairly easy and there are plenty of free alternatives.

    It‘s also unlikely you‘ll get banned by removing ads this way. Websites already detect if you have an adblock installed but the only ones who actively try to do something about it are a dying breed like newspapers. If Google or Facebook aren‘t banning users for using adblockers en masse then other AI companies won‘t ban you for a little anti-capitalist role play.

  • You could probably tell the computer it‘s a left radical marxist before asking something and it will spare you the ads. This technology is stupidly easy to „hack“.

  • Going local is taxing on your hardware that is extremely expensive to replace. Hell, it could soon become almost impossible to replace. I genuinely don‘t recommend it.

    Even if you HAVE to use LLMs for some reason, there are free alternatives right now that let Silicon Valley bleed money and they‘re quickly running out of it.

    Cancelling any paid subscription probably hurts them more than anything else.

  • Most people have no critical thinking skills whatsoever. You can see it in the polls everywhere.

  • I‘m surprised Stoat is gaining so much traction here. It‘s no open source and will likely go down the same path as Discord if given the chance.

  • Becoming independent from the US empire‘s dollar or oil is a serious crime that gets punished with dictatorship. It‘s no coincidence the US is launching a cascade of fascist think tanks and lobby groups against Europe right now.

  • Most of those overlords don‘t care about their business anymore. They want to get the bag now. It‘s how Oligarchies operate. They burn billions to make millions. Or in this case delete trillions to make billions. The goal is have proportionally much more money than us pathetic peasants.

    The way Trump operates in particular is unsurprisingly dull. He flips the table and ruins the game for everyone. Then he waits and whoever says some flattering words to him and gives him a hefty bribe is excluded from his bullshit. Suddenly they see their competition crippled while they themselves can do business as usual. That‘s all there is to it. Trump was never the brightest bulb and probably thinks his obvious scheme is brilliant.

  • The end of that list reads like it’s straight out of the Russian propaganda playbook.

  • How is Prusa turning „evil“? And please keep in mind other 3D printing companies exist that are potentially extremely harmful for end consumers already because of their ecosystem.

  • I’m afraid they‘ll get a slap on the wrist and be forced to introduce face ID or something equally harmful for users after politicians get involved. I don‘t trust these things anymore when „it‘s about the children!“

  • It‘s so funny to me that Nexon is now known as the Arc Raiders owner. They threw money at Embark Studios and had nothing to do with development otherwise so don‘t expect anything great coming out of this.

  • On one hand yeah sure, people ditched Skype and MSN as soon as something better came along but that was a long time ago. Discord has sadly been the go-to for people for over a decade. Many users literally grew up with it. They are conditioned. A lot has to happen for them to leave their comfort zone. It‘s like asking someone to stop drinking coke or get McDonald‘s after they‘ve had it for their entire life.

    I‘ll say this probably won‘t be the straw that breaks the camel‘s back but there is a silver lining. Discord will lose revenue over this and might change course quickly. This already rolled out in Canada and from what I‘ve heard many users cancelled Nitro at least. That‘s a start. Discord may also try to milk remaining users even harder as a result very soon and that will definitely put them into a down spiral.

  • That sounds more like the Discord I know.

  • Nobel Peace Price Winner

    …And far right Trump supporter. I don‘t envy Venezuela for their top politicians.

  • Journalism really deserves better.