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this is the most wishy washy distinction from chatgpt as a thing. Blatant throwing-shit-at-us-to-see-what-we-eat
yeah, that was the inspiration. I think it would be fun to call out companies which are existing despite their fucked brand. I guess it would be part of my pet theory that brand has been superseded by ux as the real commodity of tech capitalism
my adhd domain blocker just lifted for the weekend and this was the first thing I saw
I wonder if there is commentary value in the world of fucked brands and researching unfucked brands and potential conflicts with key people in those companies.
If I knew the ceo of proton was a bitcoin maxi it would have been a fun journey to now
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god, the opening paragraph made my head spin with tech pr copy
I like Jeremy because he is an OG, but I think his requirement for proof that targeted advertising "works" before the browsers implement these features is off the mark for me. He's an agency guy, a bit like Andy Budd, so they tend to have these really visceral takes about the state of the web but with this skewed perspective of best interests
I watched the video of a talk by the author from an xrp conference in June and I don't know why I do that to myself and I also don't understand how these people muster the energy to talk about this stuff which is SO MUCH THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS WAS. It's such a grind.
Kudurru sounds interesting, but there is no mention of costs, and I doubt something like that will be free forever. I can't imagine paying to protect myself from legitimate corporations who have convinced a fair chunk of the world that they are doing nothing wrong. I also don't want to expend a lot of energy or damage the accessibility of my code for the same reasons.
I'm going to think more about the problem, though.
I highlighted another nice dig by weizenbaum this afternoon which your "broken by design" reminded me of:
"These gigantic computer systems have usually been put together (one cannot always use the word designed) by teams of programmers, whose work is often spread over many years. By the time these systems come into use, most of the original programmers have left or turned their attention to other pursuits. It is precisely when such systems begin to be used that their inner workings can no longer be understood by any single person or by a small team of individuals."
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It doesn't sound like it, but the wording is a little strange in that it is $2.99 per user per month but does that mean that an admin has to tell each employee whether they can do the trial or not? It doesn't seem manageable to have a free trial that is activated by the individual user but then the switch to paid subscription has to be handled (I assume) by the designated admin.
Also, if we're talking about paid accounts they have the billing info already, so maybe they figure it's better to provide it in this difficult to manage way so that the automatic rollover appears easier?
Now I'm talking out of my ass based on their promo material but it doesn't change the fact that their standard response is "75% of the survey respondents said they want this" but they release it with this limp-ass "free trial" bullshit
this is the most wishy washy distinction from chatgpt as a thing. Blatant throwing-shit-at-us-to-see-what-we-eat
from https://web.archive.org/web/20240726195743/https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/