Trying to evaluate vivaldi as a possible replacement for floorp (unless firefox reverses its stance on AI, which, very excitingly, is a possibility!).
But the lack of containers in vivaldi is so disorienting. It makes me feel so damn vulnerable because I know that ALL the sites are having a feast sharing my profile and fingerprints with each other. Nasty. It just makes me sick.
RESOLVED : dropbox on Debian 13
If you are on Debian 13 and want to use dropbox as a daemon/desktop application, I have found it impossible to use their new software (.debs created for Debian). I also think it is mining your browser data for AI analytics.
Go with the nautilus-dropbox package in the stable branch.
And start looking for an alternative. They are coming after your OS and browser. Shameful.
#dropbox #debian #debian13 #linux #SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #unscrupulous
Found this.
https://github.com/coveo/coveo.analytics.js/
What does dropbox need to log my clicks and searches for ? What ghouls. I'm leaving as soon as my subscription ends. Subscription services are such a unilateral and failed model.
#SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #dropbox #DataTheft #badeconomics
Dropbox is showing some very suspicious behaviour on Debian 13 LXQt. It tries to 'connect' by forcing a browser window to open. After I do log in, it doesn't work.
The commandline leaks errors. After logging in through one browser, it still generates command line output when I browse through a different one.
And there are errors about coveoua. Does anyone know what coveoua is ? Some sort of an AI analytics company ?
#debian #dropbox #brokenSoftware #UsersAreFodder #SiValleyGrift
-- Halloween creepy crawly fun fact --
Did you know that almost 97% of traffic to opensource projects is from AI scrapers and crawlers ? ^1
So much so that many opensource websites use "proof of work" challenges and waste precious bandwidth to protect themselves ? ^2
It's as unscrupulous as it gets. The evil witch is winning.
--End of halloween story.--
#SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #Unscrupulous #Greed #FOSS #codeberg
AI is not safe, especially for the emotionally and psychologically vulnerable. We need to not bury these news articles like we bury all news that harms Si valley bottom lines.
https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-complaints-chatgpt-ai-psychosis/
Once again. Instead of dedicating our earth's precious and fast-depleting resources to solving real problems, we get another bullshit generator.
- Making money off of our attention, vulnerability, and humanity's future.
- Keeping the youth engaged in pointless activity to make money. I am wondering how they will spend it.
I know "It just works" seems like a compelling argument. But how much of your privacy are you willing to give up for this illusion ?
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/empty-threats/#500-million-affluent-consumers
Holy crap this looks like a privacy catastrophe from the moment you put this data miner on. There is no need for this technology. It solves no pressing problems.
There are questions of human survival that need solving. And yet, all the tax benefits and natural resources are being used by Si Vallee for these idiotic toys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU81hhsnDiE
#SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #StupidTech #NoVision #AI #Privacy #NoPrivacy #CyberSecurity
This is top stuff. The sad news is this is tax subsidies and environmental sacrifices going to solve idiotic non-problems. Such an uninspired, uncreative, and unscrupulous industry. The intended users of this tech? A very sad bunch living for and in social media.
https://kotaku.com/meta-ai-mark-zuckerberg-korean-steak-sauce-facebook-2000626808
This looks pretty realistic for 2025 tbh.
More insanity. They continue with the model of psychological manipulation and have found something as powerful as the dopaminergic system. Exploiting loneliness to make money. Incredible. If you work in AI, stop. Think what you're contributing to. Is all the blood money worth it really ?
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-death/
What on earth is going on. This is so evil, even by Si Val ley standards.
Why did DW not report more on the actual bots ? It's only in the final few minutes of the film we actually see a couple of examples of how insane these bots are. Hopefully someone will make a longer piece on that.
Ugh. Reporting another anti-pattern from apple. Here is a screenshot.
Clicked on an epub file, and macos automatically opened this software. Cannot close it. Obviously you can kill it with some sort of a system monitor, but not through the software's normal UI.
Then I looked at the settings. This software sends all your data to apple engineers so they can know you better. What a disgrace.
#macos #apple #antipattern #UsersAreFodder #BadUIX #BadDesign
This is nuts. I didn't know such desperation and isolation existed on such a large scale. We have failed as a society.
Holy crap. How much greed and lack of empathy does it take to come up with something as soul-numbing as an "instant interview" bot. The answer is LOTS.
Bootstrappers with real gumption:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHUsYWzsMWI
Commentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chpb8B441vs
#UsersAreFodder #SiValleyGrift #Greed #AI #Interviews #Jobs #JobSeek #Dystopia #DystopianFuture #NoEmpathy
The ultimate ad agency does it again! Go apple!
https://www.404media.co/apple-is-selling-ipad-repair-parts-for-astronomical-prices/
A very low price to pay considering how much money can be made in the short term by scrappy bootstrappers taking all the risks!
#ai #vibecoding #slop #UsersAreFodder #SiValleyGrift #AISlop
Sad we have to now waste double the resources. But we all knew this was coming ...
#ai #DataPoisoning #UsersAreFodder #CyberResilience #CyberSecurity
For the past couple of weeks I have turned off my home feed on youtube and am only using the subscriptions button which behaves like an RSS feed.
Without dopamine optimising suggestions I am saving so much time! Highly recommended :D
#UsersAreFodder #RecommenderSystems #DopamineCulture #youtube #rss #SiValleyGrift
