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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    I’ve now realizing that these Tech giants have poisoned their entire well:

    • Want to make AR glasses? Cool! Oh… Uh, I guess we run a platform that handsomely pays pervs for engagement, so that’s not going to work.

    • Let’s start gaming services. Oh… why does no one want to make an account with us, or trust we will keep it running?

    • Generative models for creative media. Oh, uh… back to the AR glasses issue. And some others.

    • Ah, so our LLMs need to reference the web to be at their best which…. We… Kind of killed for a quick buck? Oops.

    There are hundreds of examples of this.

    And now? The whole reason people use these platforms is being consumed by cancer. Rapidly, from the feel of things.

    I’m a cynic. I believe companies like Meta can carry on destroying people and getting away with it, no matter what, and users will be indifferent.

    But now I’m starting to suspect they they have nowhere to pivot to, because they’ve burned the forest down.