Yeah, there is a mechanism that ensures it, and that’s the interaction between competition and artificial scarcity. Companies that try to do things in the best interests of their customers and society end up either getting bought out, or out competed and die. It’s a simple matter of survival given the rules of the game that we have set up. Greed is the mechanism that keeps these rules in place and even makes them worse, sure, but then, the rules are designed to encourage and reward greed as well; a positive feedback loop. To stop it, the rules need to be changed at a deeper level than most realize or are comfortable with, despite all the many benefits.

If you are using DDG for searches and concerned about privacy related to using LLMs, have you tried duck.ai?

I did the same thing the other day when I saw “winedlloverrides” (for the program Wine if that helps).

Interesting. So the “post-truth era” isn’t just for the masses, but the rich as well, as they cannibalise each other.

I’m no expert, but this is my understanding as well.

Not the power converters we were looking for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpUkokRx3-k

Because discord uses the word differently than the rest of the world. Convenient.

Fun and Interesting ads are actually the worst ones, because they get you to associate pleasant feelings with their product/service/brand, which dilutes your ability to make rational, objective choices about them. That’s one of the ways that they are manipulating you.