Yup. The paper is worth actually reading

Isn’t that just port then?

There are tools for this already… but it sure would be nice to have a Firefox plugin that scrubs all metadata on downloads by default.

(Note I’m hoping this exists and someone will Um, Actually me)

It is the ultimate giving up of your personal free will… and they make it a fucking SELLING POINT.

Like door to door lobotomy salesmen.

And wear tiny cowboy hats.

It’s not better here. Sorry. There’s just less people so it might seem that way. Outside is best.

The second, implied part, is that writing it down is for OTHER people to learn from.

So, although I hate the eletist gatekeeping language… I think I agree more with the professional scientist than I do the professional clown.

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-kununu-RVW19579526.htm

Circular meta

Step one, be in full control of DNS on the network. Not difficult, but not simple.

How about this argument. Just a quality ratio.

2 large delivery pizzas, to the door: $50 all in. $25per

2 good quality frozen pizzas: $12. $6 per

So we could say that delivery is four TIMES better… and based on price/quality alone… they’re equal to frozen.

(I think we all know I’m not proposing an actual serious argument. But the cost difference is wild)

Companies selling data don’t tend to be picky who they sell to. Governments and police buy data all the time.

The best part is a government can buy data and and can change the rules on what is illegal.

So, if they decide tomorrow that your innocent behavior is a threat, you’re now a criminal.

The backlash is generally against all enshitification.

You get a useful free plan. Make it useless over time to convince people to pay for a plan. Make THAT plan useless over time to make people pay for the more expensive plan… repeat until capitalism ends.

That’s why people care. Eg: see all subscription services ever