Are techbros so bland that they really can't think of literally any fucking way to make money that isn't just 'ads'?
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
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The other option is bombing kids.
The other option is creating a reliable, high quality product that people want and creates value for the user. This was how most businesses operated before Jack Fucking Welch.
But it’s easier to force slop, ads, and slop-made ads on people.
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Just want to say that Call of duty Black Ops II was pretty fucking accurate up to this point.
- We have drone strikes.
- Personalised face ads.
- worldwide conflicts
- a fight for rare earth minerals
But I guess Treyarch was too optimistic about having a women as a POTUS
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Buddy had the nightmarish idea a while back with all the new generative ai stuff for video chat services injecting ads using the faces/voices of the participants in lieu of payment. Just, regularly-schedule ad breaks in your call where "your friend" suddenly starts talking about how excited they are about Raid: Shadow Legends
Jesus. Delet this.
Too late, Black Mirror already has an episode about this exact idea (starring Rashida Jones).
Thankfully, this is a fully opt-in experience.
And how long before they decide to make a default instead of opt-in?
opt-in:
Can we take all your stuff?
- Yes daddy
- Remind me tomorrow
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Well I guess I'll never buy another Samsung.
I hate everything about this title.
This is what makes me excited for Linux phones to finally become viable. Every major phone manufacturer is making their UX worse and expanding their hidden spyware for the sake of profits.
Graphene os is great but you can only install it on a Pixel. But they give extended support for older devices which is nice. HOWEVER, people are making Linux builds for even older devices, including the iphone 6. Getting a new phone after 7 years might not be necessary in the future.
I can't wait to get a Linux phone.
7 years? Most folks here get one every 2
It used to be that phone technology improved relatively quickly, and a 2 year old phone was significantly worse than the latest and greatest. Now, not so much. I use a Pixel 6 Pro running Graphene OS, and I don't feel like I'm missing out on the latest tech. The camera is great, certainly more than good enough for me, and the phone is responsive and does everything I need it to do, and it's 3+ generations old. I see no need to spend $1000+ on a new phone.
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Yet more discrimination against faceless people
"They're a business and they need to make money." - useful idiots
Not even useful IMO, just idiots.
Ah, more ads. Exactly what the consumer asked for, right?
I swear, the rest of my life will just be educating my peers on how consumerist rhetoric does not serve their interests.
sighs....typing this on an S23 Ultra. I can't wait to get a pixel to degoogle.
I'd recommend CalyxOS as a replacement os.
No google code at all to get full functionality of your hardware (excluding Google pay, but graphene doesn't have that either.)
Anything you need, e.g. swipe typing or advanced camera features, you can install Google's versions and block their ability to talk to the internet via the built-in firewall.
calyxos.org
I just wanna use my carriers sms/rcs channels and their 5g internet. I don't need Anymore middleman than Me>Verizon>Host/Destination
Sure, you get that by default. Firewall only steps in for apps you explicitly block. There's a toggle for if you want apps blocked by default for you to allow, if you prefer.
Point is, it's a system that just works, stays out of your way and doesn't phone home to anyone, just as you'd expect.
Whatever you wind up doing, good luck out there and have fun.
I have a galaxy. I disabled the Galaxy AI. I disabled the Google AI on my phone, and I blocked Google search AI. I disabled Microsoft AI. I think ATT has one that listens in on calls to warn you of a call being a scam, but I haven't figured out how to disable that. Many of my calls are privileged under atty/client privilege, so have someone or something else in on that risks waving that. I want to disable it, but I don't know how. I tried to disable Yahoo's email AI. But, now there is yet more AI for me to disable?
Dear tech companies, please stop shoving AI down my throat. I really don't want it.
At that point I'd just get a dumb phone for calls and a tablet with data only SIM for the rest.
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I freaking hate the future, man. I’m so sick of this shit.
Absolutely wild clown show we're living in
I was just sitting there looking at the cool art I have as a lockscreen wallpaper and im thinking, man I wish my phone would scan my face and place an ai slop image with my face badly right on my lock screen. Thank god Samsung is so in touch with what features consumers want added to their $1000 devices.
LOL. New phone cases are going to have little privacy sliders to go over the cameras.
That's... A really good idea
Time to redesign my phone case
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Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.
Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? ...okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.
Minority Report, the bad parts.
Edit: glad I'm using a deGoogled Android phone, can't trust manufacturers not to enshitificate.
I weep for my newborn, whose reality will be marred by so much fakeness
You get ads, you get ads, everyone gets ads!
- Samprah.
I remind everyone that Google invested not once, but twice in this company, for a total of $350 million
Stuff like this always reminds me of the personalized ads in Mass Effect (like here: https://youtu.be/hMdIypwM2KI ). That game has accurately depicted the future.
so i guess i'm going to hold on the the pixel 8 for as long as i can then......
Someone at Samsung submitted a user story only to troll, and it worked "I need you to drain my phone battery and data plan for ads when I dont even look at it"
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