alekwithak @ alekwithak @lemmy.world Posts 30Comments 919Joined 2 yr. ago
Okay?
And also no eyes.
And they can't even look upon their creation? Rude.
Then they'll fall for it again in a couple of years 😭
Ever notice how any time a Chinese app gets highlighted as being for data harvesting, there's a bunch of people crawling out of the woodwork to claim "whatabout american apps!?",
Yes, because the American social media apps and other data harvesters have a much greater affect on our lives than Chinese, but American media goes on and on about the dangers of Chinese social media and most Americans don't even think about American social media.
And did you just accuse me of crawling out of woodwork?!
but whenever an American app gets the same exposer, noone ever goes "whatabout Chinese apps apps!?"
Yes because it makes perfect sense on western social media to cry "What about tiktok?!" When an article comes out about the very scandals you're talking about. In fact I'm not sure what point you're even trying to make saying the outrage is manufactured but then giving reasons why it should be legitimate.
I do consider Chinese officials getting blackmail material on American politicians and businesses more dangerous then American companies doing the same.
Well that's an insane take. American companies blackmailing American politicians is why we slide further and further into a corporatocracy.
This reads like "I slipped on the mouse and accidentally doubled the size of Lara Croft's bust" which is an actual excuse given by one of the developers of the original game. There's not a single editor left in Chicago? Articles go straight from ChatGPT to print? That's ludicrous.
I had assumed that's what they were doing with the data they bought from data brokers like Meta and Alphabet, yes.
Well it doesn't look like text lol Just having some fun with you. Work is a slog today -_-
Are you attempting to troll me? You replied to me. I refuted your comment and you tell me to calm down, which for you to act like a basic conveyance of information is emotionally charged is a common troll tactic. I then ask what you're talking about and you tell me it's not that serious. Well it's serious now, buddy! You better start talking or I am going to FREAK. THE. FUCK. OUT. You interacted with me. You wanted this.
That is my point exactly. The actors on St. Denis Medical and Animal Control are much more diverse looks-wise than sitcoms like Friends or How I met Your Mother or anything people praise from the past.
What gave you the impression that I'm angry? And given that in response to me you've taken back what you've said and clarified you were exaggerating both your lack of knowledge on the topic and your claims regarding the average person it sounds like you're angry at me that I called you on those. Let's call the whole thing off.
Do normal people watch TV anymore?
What an insane thing to ask. 'normal people' is hard to define but yes the average person still watches TV. Plenty of weirdos still play for cable, most people stream, and I believe most on the fediverse probably sail the high seas as I do, but we're all still watching TV.
I don't know any of these
Really? You don't know any of them? You don't even know It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a show that's been on since 2005? Abbott Elementary, Animal Control, and St. Denis Medical are all really good sitcoms, and aside from Joel McHale nobody looks like AI. Idk if it counts but Harley Quinn is pretty funny as well. Point is there's some pretty popular shows here, I doubt you're being genuine when you say you don't know any of them, and aside from that they're all starring real looking, real people. In fact I'd argue TV shows have never in the past cast as many normal looking people as they currently do.
I mean there's still sitcoms and none of them look like this.
Accuracy is not really relevant to the conversation. The point is that though the Chinese app gets a lot of crap for being a dataminer, the American social media apps are no better and in fact worse because they create ghost profiles of non users and make a ton of money selling that data indiscriminately. There's no need to take offense, it isn't a personal attack on your privacy practices.
Then they still have a profile on you.
This is wild. I decided to see what was what and clicked the link in my email to upgrade. It took me to the upgrade site and I pasted in my license key also retrieved from an email, and it said the license was inactive. I tried to retrieve the key again in case they had changed it, but it said no key associated with my email. Again they had emailed me the link to upgrade. Then I moved to my PC where I clicked the link in the application to upgrade and it autofilled my license key, same issue. Oh well, I put in a ticket, but I'm no worse off than I was before. Thanks for the info, though.
TIL to not downvote is to lie.
What? No? I don't think the scientists abusing meth all have ADHD or they'd have meds prescribed by their doctor. What I was saying was just a tongue in cheek response to someone telling you that you're basically taking meth.
I am really not following your analogy.
Whaaaat?? That's interesting, thanks. I will definitely have to look into that. I didn't bother with the new one I just got mad lol
Meth is the #1 most abused drug by clinical scientists. That is to say, just like functional alcoholism is a thing, there's functional meth heads among some of the most well-respected and reputable scientists in the world. Anyway that would be my response if I was told I was basically taking meth.
More like Buys the same data from Meta but okay.