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When I look at the astronomical investment dollars going to AI development, I see @pluralistic's drive towards #enshittification & fraud.
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I also see a monumental waste.

Silicon Valley deludes itself that they've bought a regime that will only foster their agenda. Destructive deregulation. Lax antitrust. Tax cuts. A cryptocurrency bonanza of scams. Open collusion with despots. Regulatory hijacks.

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@gooba42 @VATVSLPR @mloxton
Good point.

Republican billionaires ignore how much capitalism & modern society relies on trust.

As they undermine trust in democracy for self-enrichment, we watch them sawing away on the branch they're sitting on...

As the moneyed foster #enshittification, they're mystified why their latest products fail to launch...it takes trust to buy into the new.


Great piece on BlueSky and enshittification by @pluralistic. “I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will.”

Read more: mollywhite.net/micro/entry/blu…

Cory’s piece: pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/uly…

#enshittification #bluesky


Surveillance Capitalism - a key component of #enshittification is captive consumers trapped in choiceless & coercive business models.

The most hated is the "forced attention" business model.

"Forced listening, forced watching" is very much Orwell's "1984" come true.

No wonder the US military votes Republican after years of forced Fox News coverage on military bases.
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Brainwashed & treated disgracefully
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So in another day of #enshittification, looks like #dropbox is laying off security engineers and hiring #ML engineers.. le sigh