Cunning linguist.

Don’t get it. What good is an Airbnb-trashing robot?

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As I was saying…. I’m done with you children - enjoy spewing your textual flatulence.

Well, that’s a well-reasoned and unassailable rebuttal if I’ve ever read one.

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If you don’t think the same is happening on your preferred side (or any side, really), then you have blinders on. Human nature is universal.

I still don’t see any actual evidence of my supposed unequal treatment.

Curious what you think the biggest predictor would be, then?

“Hot minute,” my ass. We’ve done some good, but a fuck-ton more evil - albeit a lot of it in more subtle ways than of late.

Yeah, seems to be an extremely common occurrence here.

I believe you since you spoke of yourself in the third person.

Living up to both the name AND the instance’s rep - a twofer! I’m impressed.

Easy to put words in my mouth, huh? Shitty is shitty, regardless of who or where. Point out where I’ve EVER treated one side differently from the other in that regard.

Otherwise, maybe stop being shitty yourself with all the projectionist bullshit. You’re being no better than you claim I am.

You on a theme again, PJ?

et tu, Brute?

Meh, humans are pretty much the same no matter where they’re physically located. Some are decent enough — a small percentage are even quite good — but the large majority are varying degrees of shitty, with a small number (e.g. the “one percenters”) being irredeemably so.

We don’t need Copilot for that - our politicians are doing the job on their own just fine.

If I knew about that beforehand, I’d probably be much less likely turn it on to begin with. If I learned the hard way, I’d likely be dissuaded from ever trying it again & just get one of those other apps. Conversely, the fact that my current phone boots much faster than older ones did makes it not really as off-putting an issue at it once was. It sounds like a major PITA until you realize that.

You have control over it so it’ll soon be just like all the other pre-installed crap that you never use, but still eats up limited storage space.

With the addition, Google isn’t only thinking of users’ well-being, of course.

It’s reacting to increasing regulatory pressure around social media harms and algorithmic dangers. Today, many countries and U.S. states have created laws to restrict or ban minors from using social media, as the impacts of these apps on young people’s mental well-being have become better understood.

Google can now point to a feature like Pause Point to claim it’s part of the solution, not the problem.

Ahhh - there it is.

The thing that is much more concerning to me, tho: if this is pre-installed as a standard part of Android, then it could potentially be abused by work, carriers, governments, malware, etc. to control what you can and can’t easily do.

Please do (even though I personally don’t use those apps). Including imposing more of the incredibly large fines the EU has become known for, and applying the bulk of them towards mental health services & initiatives. It’s long past time those companies were held responsible for what they’ve done to rake in such insane profits.

If you’re relying on AI, well then…

(Yes, I know they can have their uses if done properly, but for too many that’s a HUGE “if”.)

If anyone is still invested in Tesla at this point, they deserve to lose their shi®t.

Now if they’re newly invested, that may be another story entirely. Assuming the battery & solar biz doesn’t get spun off.