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Still true.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/DFIoZdQvyZU

"Stop Worshiping the American Tech Giants" - Lina Khan

Incredible opinion piece by Lina Khan. I hope she continues her work on the outside.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/opinion/deepseek-ai-big-tech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU4.mVg9.o3nE5upBf_2c&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Ain't that the truth

I just think that if you believe open source is great for the world, then you should be doubling, tripling down on it.

Doing it only when you're not in first place makes it seem like you're using it as a talking point instead of something you actually believe in. And it couldn't be that, right? Right??

I'm happy when @threads copies features from @bluesky_social, and I hope they also copy the feature where they're open source and give feed access in the API.

@meta loves open source and enabling innovation, right? Then let's do the thing!

"When tapped to provide critical services, generative AI isn't used despite its inability to empathize or respond to unique individual circumstances. It is used because of that: to facilitate work that feeling people would otherwise reject.

"I don't worry that AI will destroy humanity so much as I fear it will destroy the humanity within us."

https://mail.cyberneticforests.com/a-fork-in-the-road via @susanmernit

When someone complains about Beyonce winning Country Album of the Year

It's also easier to track folks if they have to use one app for everything

Like I've said before, I'm pretty sure Elon is working with Trump to make sure X becomes the US "super app" he dreams of.

- Force all government comms via X
- Turn X DMs into a primary way to reach out to govt agencies
- Make X a financial app for govt services
- Food stamps? They're sitting in X!
- Public housing? Pay using X!
- Unemployment benefits? Sent to your X account!

I can go on.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/DFitOVWK4C2

They certainly seem like some trustworthy folks!

Super interesting how tech billionaires keep telling us that their billions will one day mean nothing as long as we use and depend on their products

Please don't block our multi-trillion dollar monopoly buddy from paying us $20B every year or our multi-trillion dollar monopoly will suffer irreparable harm!

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/DFf1ioOKIak

"We're being disciplined on costs," he said, looking down at his $900K watch impatiently

How people treat you should not change your underlying values and moral code, and if they do then you were probably waiting for an excuse to take your mask off anyway

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