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[kradeelav]

reading about google's unveiling of ai-only search pages at i/o, windows 11 fast tracking blatant always-on spyware, and seeing this apple ad for the first time today is making me seriously consider the timetable to get off the last remnants of gmail/drive/going back to a dumbphone/etc for good.

the genuine condescension to humanity i see written all over those actions is. mm. ethically distressing, to say the least. when the actual hell did it get so bold.

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[paperghost]

I made the mistake of updating Windows and I was already annoyed at Copilot being AI, but this article is making me more worried. Jesus, this is really getting worse. I'm going to see if it can be disabled, but this legit evil and really not making me want to upgrade any technology if I can.

ETA: I disabled it but it's scummy as hell how it's pre-installed in future updates and on new models!!

[kradeelav]

at least there's one good thing with knowlage, in that you know it's there to fight against. glad you were able to get it disabled! not that microsoft is the paragon of ethics but both them and apple really feel like they've turned a new corner in the last few years.

[paperghost]

I've hated Apple for over a decade before this new wave of technology, but I always thought of Microsoft as "old reliable" albeit flawed. I hope more users are waking up.