maybe this piece would be more convincing if it wasn’t in the #washingtonpost which just this week has been in the spotlight for silencing criticism of #bezos by their cartoonist… anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-…

And one explanation by an expert isn’t accurate, saying that if your phone was constantly listening “you’d notice that your battery was running down quickly, and that companies wouldn’t waste the gobs of money it would cost to constantly listen in”. The problem is that this is exactly how all voice assistants work, they constantly listen and analyse what you say looking for the activation phrase (hey #Siri, ok #Google etc). And while yes, they probably aren’t recording and uploading *everything* you say, they could record, analyze and upload selected phrases (as text) without having much impact on the device battery or cost much money.

In theory, a company that’s built on selling #advertising data may feel compelled to listen in for a second activation phrase like “I want to buy” and then analyze the speech that follows into text and upload it. Which they could still claim “no one listens to your conversations”. Of course this is pure speculation but it’s to demonstrate that it wouldn’t be noticeable to the end user or expensive for the company.

#Apple paying a huge #settlement doesn’t mean they’re guilty but probably means they don’t have much to gain by proving their innocence and probably a lot more to lose by being put under the microscope.

@freemo Interesting. I notice 2 things.

1/ I'm possibly falling into that typical bashing of "Capitalism" maybe because I'm not getting what I want related to the other parts of life I want and responsibility of many systems which Capitalism doesn't seem to help with - at all (at least the Modern kind).

Ideally I'd like to think, involves or implement #Mutual #Cooperation (towards various things), Saving #Nature, Increasing #Commons / #Commoning, #Feelings / #Consent being part of it but not I don't see these words a lot or at all in Capitalism or books. So maybe I blame it or anyone that uses it overly (which I don't think can only be blamed on (people but the design too).

So the name is one thing but also I'm just a bit more concerned / defending what these words ignore / over-write / replace with numbers or mathematical tricks frankly.

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Caring about what people think is not just a number for example or free-market. All this 'other stuff' not in systems seems to me actively cutting it out (again said or not said).
And after that many things like Authoritarianism are exactly what you get as result of #MoralFailures or mostly physical / material ways of looking at life / extraction of it etc. There's more than that, hence Capitalism limited (of course but used by people deliberately so for that and evolving to crush people).

❓ Is it possible to have #commons and #caring with Capitalism?
Maybe. But not fully it seems.

❓ Does Capitalism mean banks and debt-based system creates debt mostly first and therefore negative propelled polarity / not positive in the other humans sense? Seems so.

❓ What it is Capitalism heading towards in terms of facilitating religion / beliefs / caring of various kinds never just 1 as a whole number or limited attribute / bigger spectrum of attributes?

Holding *Modern Capitalism* responsible seems relative - or those who are responsible for using it as rolling steam-roller of things

If #Capitalism prefers to ignore or lacks participation on human levels then it can reflect how much it is like a x y or z type system.

Finance or number-looking perspectives are close to #Fascism for me as the whole story is looking at people for profit / pimping / working them without diversity in mind (just for money) and other moral transactions is less there / non-existent. What it means to people locally, nature, seems a bit too encompassing as a system to involves but if we agree people are largely not part of the equation (only material and physical type intellect used once it's gained) then it seem play less of a part in life even though part of it physically.

IF free-market Capitalism involves not caring about or even assume we can do free-market selling the planet then perhaps for me it infers selling people or planet is ok - which seems wrong... at least without a whole other balance...

I'm defending what other people might feel ok with even by their God or just what exists today as a result of leverage to make people work (throttling for maximising gain) and could exist more towards making it free / pre=paid than for any kind of mass profit / screwing people to the wall to work for Capitalism. Imagnie most of the profit could pay for the many.

❓ Is Capitalism part of a rolling class of similar people or positions and keeping their position?

So I'm reviewing those things as "Capitalism" while at the same time it is is all probably asking a bit too much from language when it's a whole bunch of things.

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2/ At the same time of accepting inaccuracy or differences I feel like it's bad overall and not as neutral as you're talking about - almost 'another' kind of definition or free-market Capitalism definition, which surely exists, but in today's sense I'm not sure it does any more and not as embedded as it is today - so *just* the more static or classical past definition sure, but the practical usage today ( ignoring planetary limits, increasingly number representations NOT representing people properly or planet, animal-lovers, maybe #ClimateChange / #EnvironmentDamage at the expense of a business perspectives that Capitalism might have ( or simply might ignore and not declare as limits, assuming Infinite Growth, taking from other markets ok etc)... Can seem less related to Capitalism and 'maybe' not Capitalism's fault but it's part of how people use it... so it is different today both how it's used and what it is.

Today's version being tied to everything I feel which could frame the classical sense(s) of the word Capitalism differently and is not isolated any more - literally everything is increasingly weaponised FOR Capitalism or 'as' Capitalism itself is evolving and is / or becoming under #Authoritarianism or whatever let's say aggression or over-ruling personal beliefs, territorial eating of other's resources (or many things Capitalism is part of but might seem completely 'optional' to reader of the dictionary). People have and fall into a definite program whichever way it seems you look at it to do a set type of patterns at the expense of almost 'these thing' almost never. Why not? Largely the answer is that it's geared for very different things, not happiness or end-game for future children, it looks upon people and things well almost the same - just a thing to kick around and find sweet spot of demand and supply MINI-GAMES which make a bit of a mockery at the end.

Anyway some robust questions - all that is about caring and not sure how much you're into that.

So...

- Could the definition of Capitalism you had in mind change with time?

- How about if Capitalism is used as a sub-set to Authoritarianism ?
Would repackaging make it different weapon be totally innocent like a trigger for a gun or #mechanism not always for bullets but similar?

A strong repackage of Capitalism or forced-evolution tree (Like most #Linux #servers functioning or treated like an #advertising #farm) makes it a different animal overall and from birth - despite it being ok once as a component on it's own (but also server architecture changing). All these change / renders the definition, relativity and practical implementation different today even if still the same 'basic principle'.