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1. askonomm · 1790329035 · focus · HN ↗

   Any move away from the abusive big tech that exists in USA is a good move in my book. Microsoft just recently made a new patent where they will monitor you via camera and microphone to block your program/game to show you ads, and per ads viewed, you then earn credit to be able to use your program/game. It is absolutely wild to me how a corporation can be so toxic and abusive to its users and still be in business.

   1. hn_submit · 1790333486 · focus · HN ↗

      This makes me happy. The more enshittification the sooner the first pillar of Big Tech will fall down.

      Meta and Google will follow soon after.

      P.S.: just because they take a patent on something doesn't mean they will actually use it.

      1. askonomm · 1790335426 · focus · HN ↗

         > just because they take a patent on something doesn't mean they will actually use it.

         That's true, of course, but the fact that there are people in the company thinking like that to begin with, enough to think it's worth patenting such anti-human stuff, is plenty enough for me to never want anything to do with them.

         1. hn_submit · 1790344213 · focus · HN ↗

            And how about Meta's "pervert glasses"? Zuck himself probably conjured up the idea that everything you look at will result in you getting a "relevant ad" for that item. Yuck!

            I believe this is the reason everyone's running after these camera-glasses: because they believe they can rake in big bucks with them. Even Apple is contemplating to sell them.

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