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Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products”
  • don't worry, google also has a partnership with reddit! why doesn't reddit just have an open api like they used to? good question!

  • YouTube Blocks Access to Protest Anthem in Hong Kong
  • I think the reason people are mad is less about "google please follow the law" and more about "google please do the right thing"

  • Does enshitification happen because companies are publicly-traded?
  • it's both publicly-traded companies and VC-owned companies. any product that is required to constantly report their earnings and risk their company being dissolved if they don't increase profits year-to-year.

  • it's not exploiting child labor because I'm paying 15 year old children in indonesian slums rule

    real signature of the roblox ceo

    also the thing in the title is essentially a real quote. here's a bit more context if you want it:

    > Like, you can say, ‘Okay, we are exploiting, you know, child labor,’ right? Or, you can say: we are offering people anywhere in the world the capability to get a job, and even like an income. So, I can be like 15 years old, in Indonesia, living in a slum, and then now, with just a laptop, I can create something, make money, and then sustain my life.”

    alt-text: Signature: Builderman (proceeded by a smiley face)

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    For the Discerning Geologist
  • gonna have to consult venture overwatch on this one

  • W rule
  • does anyone else think disemboweled is a very grotesque word for what they're describing

  • Google Chrome's Web Environment Integrity feature has been cancelled
    9to5google.com Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM

    Back in July, Google's work on a Web Integrity API emerged and many equated it to DRM. The company announced today it's not proceeding...

    Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM

    While WEI is thankfully cancelled, it's not entirely cancelled... They're planning on making it available still in WebViews with the intention that websites can check if a malicious Android app is trying to do a phishing scheme.

    Seems like such a niche "security" feature... what are they really trying to accomplish here? Something seems fishy to me

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