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fromNextbigideaclub
1 day ago

Why Does Everything Online Suck Now?

Platform businesses undergo a three-stage decline—user capture, publisher commodification, and degraded user experience—driven by surveillance, per-user rule changes, and monetization pressures.
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

It's Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse

Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to define an entire moment," the columnist Kyle Chayka writes, in a review of Cory Doctorow's book "Enshittification.
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fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

The Internet Doesn't Have to Suck

Platform business models shifted from serving users to serving shareholders, driving widespread decline and extractive behavior across online services.
Wearables
fromThe Verge
4 weeks ago

With a Friend like this, who needs enemies?

An always-on $129 AI necklace listens to conversations, sends text-only commentary, and raises privacy and social concerns.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

The 22-year-old behind the most controversial ad campaign in New York tells all: 'I'm kind of purchasing the zeitgeist and mindshare right now'

The wearable looks a bit like an Apple AirTag on a necklace. Friend is designed to be always-on to hear whatever the wearer says (as well as any other noise they're near), use AI to process those inputs, and formulate its own responses, which it then sends via text message to the wearer. "The more you talk to it, the more you build up a relationship with it. And that's really the whole goal of the product," Schiffmann told Fast Company in July 2024.
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fromAcm
2 months ago

Will AI Destroy the World Wide Web?

Generative AI allows users to obtain answers directly from chatbots, reducing the need to visit web pages, which challenges the traditional model of web-based information retrieval.
Digital life
fromThred Website
4 months ago

The Oakley Meta smart glasses reek of surveillance capitalism

Meta generates over 97% of its revenue from advertising. Understanding consumer behavior is crucial for maximizing profit and ROI for brands.
Privacy professionals
philosophy
fromApaonline
5 months ago

How to Preserve Privacy in the Age of Mass Surveillance: Democracy or Technology?

Mass surveillance threatens the fundamental concept of privacy, impacting personal autonomy and well-being.
Understanding privacy's essential functions is crucial in confronting the challenges posed by surveillance.
Digital life
fromHackernoon
1 year ago

How Data Guardians Network Plans to Undermine Big Tech Without Ever Competing With It | HackerNoon

D-GN aims to reshape business trajectories by providing a decentralized opt-in alternative to traditional data control methods.
Social media marketing
fromFuturism
6 months ago

Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads

Surveillance capitalism thrives on personal data, fueling targeted advertising and massive revenue in the digital landscape.
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