2026-01-22 14:15 UTC
I hear you on that. It seems like there's room for it, but it's just covered in this gross amorphous hyper-capitalist structure.
I am inspired by DeepMind giving away the AlphaFold protein structure database for free. That was awesome!
Or developing and giving away anonymous, decentralized, Bluetooth-based proximity detection for COVID tracking. That's freaking awesome!
YouTube too is awesome, and it's profitable, but they slowly make insane, gross decisions to chase 30% YoY growth. 1.5 hour ads, double ads, cutting creator payments, etc. Just make it sustainable!
Repeat ad nauseum across the business units. It's upsetting.
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@Cherry@piefed.social 2026-01-22 14:23
Do you feel you are turning away from tech as a result? I have pushed the other way recently and started to enjoy stepping away, regaining control of privacy an adjusting to suit my needs.