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- Comment on ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it 38 minutes ago:
Wouldn't it be better at that if your top-level comment contained the information directly instead of a question that may or may not go unanswered?
- Comment on ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it 1 day ago:
It's not on Android because they couldn't do it without collecting some info. Seems like mobile-first web site would have been the obvious choice.
- Comment on Cloudflare’s New Tool Lets Sites Charge AI Crawlers 1 day ago:
Reminds me of when ads broke me of my habit of watching hours of television every night. I could totally get behind paying for 3 sites and ignoring the rest of the internet at some point.
- Comment on Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band 2 days ago:
It’s not exactly “slop” if people are listening to it and presumably enjoying it.
I don't agree with the logic. People listening to the music doesn't mean they necessarily enjoy it, just hate it enough not to skip, were at the skip limit for their free account, etc. People listen to ads too, and nobody enjoys those.
"AI slop" came into common usage with the onslaught of ai-generated articles. They only got so popular because somebody was out there clicking on them enough to generate ad revenue. It's a leap to assume that means they're reading, much less enjoying them. I think the same applies here, and "slop" is reasonable.
- Comment on The Illuminator Advert - Game Boy Accessory 3 days ago:
Pretty sure the kid doesn't even have a seat.
- Comment on The Illuminator Advert - Game Boy Accessory 3 days ago:
- Comment on Fascists in power? WW3 escalating? Your workplace becoming more dystopic by the day? Join Tech Workers Coalition 101 and help us change that 2 weeks ago:
It's in a technology community but isn't really about technology. It doesn't contain much useful information (the post would be a better place to share what TWC is than assuming I'll be curious enough to join a Zoom session). This is straight up spam.
