I’d be excited if I stumbled upon an artist that I like, and they’d accept some private payment method (maybe Monero or something) for their music in a lossless format. Like a digital equivalent to paying cash for a CD at a concert — no exchange of PII, no tracking, no subscriptions, no marketing bs, etc.

I suppose that applies to any digital content format. It’s a shame that privacy has become such a low priority.

I’m not a game dev, so I can’t really answer your question. My comment was only pointing out that this might discourage other studios from disclosing their use of AI during development.

I suppose this is a warning to any companies who were thinking about disclosing their uses of AI for placeholders

No.

Ohh I didn’t know they abandoned the bananas deliberately. Yeah that’s an important detail

Sure, I understand the moral arguments, but it’s very common to have legal consequences when taking something that doesn’t belong to you — regardless of morals.

Of course it would be morally better to give everyone permission to take the bananas. It sounds like that hasn’t happened though, so it seems very simple to understand that there would be legal consequences for taking them.

How is this not obvious? Did I miss some critical detail?

I never thought I’d ever defend UK laws, but if you take something that doesn’t belong to you, isn’t it generally frowned upon in most parts of the world? This seems pretty normal to me

I assumed it’s probably due to some creators becoming, or later being discovered as, “problematic” and/or some sort of brand risk. It would look more strange to unlist a few of them, so better to unlist all of them.

To be clear: This is speculation based on zero information 🙃. Just a total guess based on how things tend to go between internet culture and corporations. I’m probably wrong. It would be cool if YouTube would communicate things like this.

It’s unfortunate to see such cultural history hidden away. Though, tbh, this is probably the most that I’ve ever thought about YouTube Rewind, and I haven’t thought about it in many years.

Yeah, good point. Owners of Samsung “smart” refrigerators started seeing ads on them recently.

I’m sure there was some sort of legal terms that users had to agree to to enable that, but it still feels like a scam. Some amount of those fridge owners would not have bought the fridge if they knew there would be ads on it at any point in time.

I wish companies would at least offer a “no data collecting/selling” price option. Like, how much would they make from selling my data? Just give me the option to pay that extra amount so I can buy a vacuum without thinking about how it’s spying on me.

Ugh. Everything in this thread is totally feasible and probably reasonably accurate.

I miss the old days when I could love tech, and got excited about new tech. It has gotten so sleazy.

Well yeah, it’s a fridge with a spacious screen and an Internet connection in the 2020s. Of course they’d capitalize on all that advertising real-estate. And of course they’d wait until after people have had them for a while. They’re unsurprisingly shameless.

I’d be curious to know what kind of data it’s collecting to optimize those ads.

My phone recently offered to summarize a text message for me. I’m talking about SMS, the messaging system that already has a character limit.

Also, when I last checked the weather in my area, there was an AI summary. It was an entire sentence or two, and offered zero additional details over what was already visually indicated by the raincloud icon and the number representing the temperature.

I’m looking forward to installing GrapheneOS when their support for my phone stabilizes.

I mean places that don’t care about any laws at all. Places that might only be accessible on the dark web, etc. There’s terrible stuff out there

🤔 I’m not sure that lawmakers really understand what they’re up against. If most VPN locations all eventually require government ID for porn, then some people will likely seek porn from places/networks that are… Less legitimate.

If you’ve never used the terminal before, how do you know what to type?

Start pushing buttons. Start typing things, try pressing tab variously. Look up guides, introductions, help.

Sure, but my point is: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a terminal present those instructions when you open it. Unless it’s immediately shown in some MOTD or something, the average user isn’t going to take the time to figure it out if they don’t have to.

If my grandmother wanted to draft a letter on her computer, she’d use something that looks more like Notepad and less like Vi.

OpenSUSE always seemed underrated IMO, especially in those pre-Ubuntu days. Such a polished UX overall

Eh, I think it’s just about ease of use and discovery. When you open a terminal, it just shows a blinking cursor. If you’ve never used the terminal before, how do you know what to type?

In a graphical desktop environment, you see icons, menus, etc. If you open a GUI application, you usually see buttons and things to click, and maybe even some guidance on how to use the app.

A lot of people just want to use their computer without too much of a learning curve. Most people are not powerusers.

Why? And which coins are good?

How would a surveillance state even prevent that?