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[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago

As someone who’s been in the industry in San Francisco since the mid-’90s, he speaks to my lived experience.

Tech workers dreamed of working for a big company for a few years before striking out on their own to start their own business that put that big company out of business. Then that dream shrank to working for a tech giant for a few years, quitting, and doing a fake startup to get aquihired back by your own boss and the world's most inefficient way to get a raise. And then it shrank even further to working for a tech giant for your whole life but there'd be free kombucha in the cafeteria and you get massages on Wednesdays. And now that dream is over, and all that's left is work for a tech guy until they fire your ass, like those 12,000 Googlers who got fired six months after a stock buyback that would have paid their salaries for the next 27 years.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fantastic talk. Unfortunately, the last question was spot on - Cory's ideas require political action.

But that political process is corrupted by the very companies we need action against.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

"self regulating bodies"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (5 children)

ironically published on youtube 😄

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Good point. Why isn't this on peertube?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@krey @z3n0x I'm watching it now but through a front-end with no ads 🤷

"Ad blockers violate YouTube's Terms of Service. It looks like you may be using an ad blocker. Video playback is blocked unless YouTube is allowlisted or the ad blocker is disabled."

[Copies link. Pastes link into FreeTube. Watches video.]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

There was a piped link posted of this earlier, but it was unwatchable because their servers couldn’t handle the load

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I mean, it proves his point.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

These are pie in the sky plans. I thought he was going to come up with a technical solution.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Political action can happen, and probably needs to happen, so I am glad there are at least some still pushing for it. It's up to the rest of us to make it a technical reality though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

let's see what the Digital Markets Act will accomplish. it's a slow process for sure ...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The topic is very interesting to me but the video is almost an hour long with no slides. Does anybody have a transcript or outline of the talk?

I'm not trying to troll or be sarcastic. I'd really appreciate the option to skim it without having to watch the full video. Thanks a lot!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

this talk is basically a short version of Cory's new book. To get a gist of it, check out reviews like: https://apnews.com/article/internet-con-doctorow-book-review-9a5645c075fa495f701481d50f3917c8

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Thanks a lot!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You could say “encrudification” if you’re worried about typing bad words on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

you know what, I didn't even notice (just copied from video). Title edited.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

People having to self censor on the internet to appease advertisers is just another part of enshittification

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The issue is corruption. Plans like this may succeed in EU but it's too late for US. With the supreme court being filled with millionaires' puppets, religious fanatics and rapists for the next 20 years no meaningful change will happen.