Dominik Schwind

A nice companion piece to the "modernity is stupid" article I bookmarked before.

the Internet’s business model is betrayal. Every mature social media platform has betrayed us. Every big search engine has betrayed us.

Amazing follow-up to the viral AI rant from a few days back

I haven't laughed so hard in weeks

It's a bit sad but yes. Sure, there's Mastodon but even there it doesn't just feel the same.

Honestly: yes. I just feel bad for people who haven't found their group chats, yet.

Sounds like a good explanation and roughly how I understand the expression, too.

What.

Huh.

I don't even know what to say anymore

Most sane people don’t enjoy seeing a bunch of random bursts of text from strangers one after the other, but those that do really really love it.

As large platforms emerged — whether they were for search, social, or e-commerce — the deal was that they would make our digital lives easier and, in exchange, we would give them our data, attention, and, increasingly, actual money.

Good god, this is all so bloody stupid.