Twice!

I never had a particular love of Microsoft at any point in my life but at least they had a diverse portfolio of various products from software to services to hardware of all sorts.

Now they have abandoned most of that (and continuing to abandon more with each month) as they pivot to being one of many AI-focused grift companies. They now sell bullshit, lies, fraud, and scams as their primary products.

Incredible transition into a poisoned, bloated, festering asswipe of a company that isn’t worth a moment of anyone’s time or respect.

1. People are not walking around with their phone cameras open 24/7 sending data straight to Meta’s servers at all times. This is not something phone cameras do.
2. Most schools already limit or ban phones in class and the punitive action varies.
3. Being recorded by a phone is far more obvious. Perv glasses are can record you without you even knowing.

Seems like this has a simple solution. Any student caught with these devices on school property is immediately expelled.

I’ve had a personal EA boycott going for over 10 year snow. One of the best decisions I’ve made and I’ve never regretted it once.

Ragebaiting is extremely powerful as an engagement tactic. I have seen so many instances of people fully admit that they know they are being ragebaited and still engage anyway because they feel they “must say something”.

It sounds simple, but being able to say “No, I’m not getting involved with this” is a very helpful skill to have when using the modern internet. Don’t let them drag you through the muck for clicks or views.

Everyone with a smartphone has the muscle memory to quick-draw their phone while hitting the camera shortcut to take a quick photo of whatever they need in under 10 seconds.

Stop shoving AI garbage into places it does not belong. We are so tired of this.

Oh, it’s rather simple actually.

I have Facebook, Meta, and all their various domains blacklisted on my PiHole.

Or, you know, just don’t use a service that allows AI slop in the first place.

I can’t confirm this, but I remember reading that Amazon will ship you devices with your wifi password already entered if you purchase a device from another Amazon device that is signed in.

Sorta similar. And equally creepy.

Alec from Technology Connections brought up a good point in recent video about EVs. He mentioned how Tesla owners are a special kind of EV driver and don’t actually care about EV technology or green(er) vehicles; they only care about their Tesla. I’d imagine this is part of that mindset. Tesla can do no wrong in their eyes, even if it goes against their normal morals and beliefs.