• Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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      The end user is seen as nothing but an exploitable resource. If a few thousand nerds don’t like it, they don’t give a shit. Until the general public wakes up to the shitfuckery, nothing will change. Just ask your mom, what she thinks about Microsoft’s data collection.

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      Because it allows them to collect and process more data, which can be used or sold, increasing their profits.

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      They think line won’t go up if they don’t shove it down every user’s throat. They’ve put most of their eggs in that basket.

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      To be fair it’s not just Microsoft doing that. I was looking at gym equipment the other day and some idiots were trying to sell a fucking home gym with AI. Everyone wants to sell it, nobody wants to buy it.