Bottom line: if I’m forced to consume ads on a device belonging to me - I will rather throw it away!

Yawn…

Kiwi here, originally European so I get content in two languages and from people with some interests in similar. Good percentage of local and international stuff generally keeps me happy. (Not too concerned/glad about overall numbers - there’s no continuous growth on a finite planet)

I’ve seen an article that describes opting out of the app integration as well (even though that by default it’ll be on. There should be a class action against Google doing that! That said, I can’t see Europe taking this as it is.)

Web search would be a better term since a lot of people use other search engines than Google.

Let’s face it the problem is mostly the people. If AI was as super duper as claimed to be it would be able to construct advertising that makes everyone go: 'Yeah, I have to have this, it’s useful, ethical, the bees knees really. ’

The little advertising that still makes it over my thresholds is bad to abominable and of that what registers for me has the opposite affect it intents - I go out of my way to avoid it.

Hope no one was hurt, regardless whether they’re stupid, distracted or whatever! If we can’t build fail-saves into cars, what are our chances for real AI?

My main question would be: does it include protection from Google itself?

… some people want that. Ie there’s a window manager, openbox, it’s thought of by many people as dead or not further maintained because it happens so rarely, but it is because it’s good as, it works and many people love it for that.

Possibly easier achieved with a window manager than a desktop.

Enshittification by bloating with useless stuff. Not what people want but what they’re forced (or blackmailed) into - all for G glorification and money grabbing. Look at Nova (launcher): one time affordable fee and stuff to make your phone useful (handling and aesthetics) you can have an as minimalist or as fancy environment as you want. Just read they’re (Google) are going to use AI now in YouTube to give you ads when you’re most focused on something - it’s unethical imho and also shows how stupid advertisers are because I for one wouldn’t only be peeved with Google but boycott the product or/and advertiser.

Yep, I like Nova too.

Yawn, more enshittification, is that really what people want? Seriously thinking about a degoogled phone or even free of it.

I think it shouldn’t be a competition but possibly something with added value. Possibly in the form of structure, ie something that doesn’t create hundreds of same/similar questions but constantly updates the best answers closest to the existing date. (Alphabetically searchable hashtags, etc…, build it communally, ie #NoStupidQuestions , how to best build a free information platform?).

Well what to expect when a big number is just overpriced badly functioning stuff that has way better counterparts on FOSS?

Hahaha, love the irony.

Yawn, smoke and mirrors when you’re unable to do something useful.

I guess those without ego stroking don’t care.

I’d say, personal preference. There will always be some people that are going to be annoyed by it.

Ran KDE then Gnome a long time ago. Now it’s openbox wm.