TheFeatureCreature

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.

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.

Yup. I haven't used Spotify in years. I see these constant headlines and articles about Spotify doing stupid shit over and over and over again and wonder why people keep using that pile of trash when there are numerous better alternatives.

I've talked with Spotify users about the alternatives and how they are better and linked them to playlist transfer services so they can jump ship in as little as 15 minutes and they still refuse to do it. They'd rather keep using Spotify and constantly bitching about how terrible it is. They have effectively Stockholm syndrome'd their userbase at this point.

I can't think of anything more American than weapon-carrying drones being deployed to combat armed attackers in schools.

It'll be back, and probably in an even more malicious form. Let's not forget, even for a second, that Meta is one of the most sinister and evil corporations in human history.

Lol. Lmao even. Rofl perhaps.

We've seen with other industries that the prices never come back down once they've gone up.

That said, expensive RAM kits (and a lot of tech in general) are not exactly a mandatory purchase for many people like food is. Those that can stop buying expensive electronics certainly will once the price is too high.

Grocery companies price gouge and shrinkflate because their customers don't really have a choice other than to starve. What are tech companies going to do when customers go an increasing amount of years between purchases?