Deezer is the one platform (to my knowledge) which has been very vocal about listing and suppressing AI tracks on its own platform.

Scanning your spotify library is a marketing stunt, obviously.

On my previous coax connection upload was severely limited, even if download went up to gigabit. Now that we have fibre we can get 1 gig up and down.

But I think that’s more of a performative statement

Should it somehow go beyond that, somehow, I have little doubt Louis will put his money where his mouth is. He’s paid $10.000 bounties to people demonstrating they can crack locked firmware, and done lots of other things.

Nuance is indeed easily lost. I think we’re basically in agreement.

Functionally this is no different then someone sitting in a park counting how many people are wearing a blue shirt or Nike shoes.

That isn’t the same level of identifiable as a unique device ID/MAC/whatever though. And even if my devices weren’t the issue, I wouldn’t feel comfortable having an automated system logging my clothes/gait/face just because I’m out in public. Fully automated surveillance such as this ought to be it’s own category.

Also I don’t think you are trying to argue that it is right.

Which is why ebook readers with such screens sell reasonably well, and nothing else does.

That compressed database would have to be updated frequently, I don’t know how well it’d work.

Wikipedia has started striking deals with AI companies as a means to cover the cost of their lookups which, as much as I may not like it, is totally fair.

A wiki for some obscure indie game won’t have the same leverage.

Oh, she’s the lady that also does some yt videos. I’ve come across her stuff before.

Without a decent refresh rate, I don’t see them gaining mainstream appeal. Given that the technology revolves around physically moving particles, I don’t see the refresh rate improving by leaps and bounds anytime soon.

I do not like the vibes of Startpage’s owner, System1.

If you’re using Startpage because it uses google on the back-end, Ecosia does much the same nowadays (you can toggle between that and bing).

Netbook flashbacks

I love the compose key, but are people that unfamiliar with the English (International) layout? Alt Gr (right alt) + 5 gives €.

It also makes it a lot easier to do accents and umlauts.

Dogpile is still sort of around, as is Webcrawler. As little more than URLs. They’re basically the same as Startpage, all owned by the same company (System1).

Clearly we are reading different articles in that case, or I must’ve really missed the bit you’re so staunchly referring to.
Or maybe you can, I dunno, quote whatever bit of text you’re so staunchly referring to?

For something so apparently obvious you sure seem reluctant to put it to text.

Thus far I have given you the benefit of doubt, but you have yet to come with a real argument.

I cannot, nor will I argue against what I have to imagine your opinion to be. Either say what you mean or say nothing at all. Until then your point is moot.

I remain as lost as I was.

The only differences I noticed are the ones google is forcing through with their new “advanced flow”, but that does not constitute a “functional difference”.

Please do elaborate on this functional difference the play store has and the microsoft version doesn’t. I’m a little lost here.

I can use my F-Droid apps just as well as their play store counterparts.

It’s distinctly different from just installing an app *via the play store

But is otherwise just installing an app.

Do I “sideload” Steam on windows too if I don’t go through the microsoft store?

Just read the article, it’s not that hard:

Songs tagged as AI-generated on Deezer are automatically removed from algorithmic recommendations and not included in editorial playlists. The company announced today that it will no longer store hi-res versions of AI tracks.

Mark those songs as AI and let people filter them out.

Deezer does just that. As per the article:

Songs tagged as AI-generated on Deezer are automatically removed from algorithmic recommendations and not included in editorial playlists. The company announced today that it will no longer store hi-res versions of AI tracks.

They’ve been working on systems to recognise AI songs for quite some time now.