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If Windows 11 putting ads in the start menu wasn't bad enough. Microsoft is mulling adding watermarks to the OS if your computer doesn't meet the AI system requirements.
Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements
File Explorer, Copilot and DirectX are some of Windows 11's functions that will use AIRoshan Ashraf Shaikh (Tom's Hardware)
This is what true enshittification of Windows 11 is, unless you pirate the enterprise version.
This really shows that we need more competition. Linux is not seen as an alternative given the lack of commercial software support (e.g. lack of Adobe apps, which is used in the creative industry, etc, along with apps that only work on Windows and/or Mac).
This is why I use a Mac instead of Windows, because I don't like Windows, but I have a laptop that runs Windows to run a few apps that are Windows only. But only having two viable choices isn’t that great, likewise with iOS and Android.
If only BeOS, OS/2, etc. was still a thing, maybe it wouldn't be this bad.
Also, Windows 7 was the last “good" Windows OS until it basically turned to crap.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/21/24063379/windows-11-ads-bing-edge-cruft
Why is Windows 11 so annoying?
By using every opportunity to bundle, wheedle, and nag, Microsoft has made its OS feel decidedly low rent.Nathan Edwards (The Verge)
"The specific process by which Google enshittified its search" (24 Apr 2024) https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/
An interesting post by @pluralistic
#BadEconomy #tech #enshittification #Internet #InformationLiteracy
By @pluralistic : "The specific process by which Google enshittified its search" (24 Apr 2024) https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/
This is worth a read.
#BadEconomy #tech #enshittification #Internet #fuckery #corruption #InformationLiteracy
If corporations are a form of slow AI, then what @pluralistic calls #enshittification is indicative of an "alignment problem", when the objective function (paperclip maximization) is persued by destructive means. And like all alignment problems, it has to do with a lack of, or the wrong, constraints.
The Man Who Killed Google Search
This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem.Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
in today's episode of <inevitable corpo enshittification>, Discord wants to take away YOUR right to SUE THEM! (it applies to U.S. citizens only, see: https://www.polygon.com/2024/4/20/24134970/discord-arbitration-how-to-opt-out)
to the surprise of no one, Discord really went full circle from teeny tiny startup saying "we love our users" to becoming a cog in the evil corporativistic surveillance capitalist machine.
#discord #rights #enshittification
Discord wants to void your right to sue them — but you can opt out
A quick brief on the service’s new arbitration clauseSimone de Rochefort (Polygon)
... #Google is saying that they don't need to spend money on quality, because we're all locked into using Google #Search. It's cheaper to buy the default search box everywhere in the world than it is to make a product that is so good that even if we tried another search engine, we'd still prefer Google.
@pluralistic #KagiSearch #Enshittification
https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/
The Internet is starting to Break - Here's Why.
Why big tech companies suck right now. Looking at you Amazon, Netflix, Uber, Spotify, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube...Secure your privacy wi...YouTube
oh, wow, haven’t been on that site for a long time. great #enshittification example.
can’t wait to read chapter ‘craphound’ omg
Aaand the #enshittification continues, wheeee~ #mozilla #AI
https://mozilla.social/@mozilla/112253468123323423
#Library #Workers in #Tacoma will tell you our mngmt is keeping us well apprised of the #Enshittification of #Ebooks & the escalating conditions restricting free access
Problem is that we're/they're bound by our #Nonprofit #PublicSector status to avoid discussing #capitalism as a problem or naming the political party responsible for this state of affairs
@pluralistic, please advise...
"No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and over again."
Content warning: "No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find... #technology #google #kagi #enshittification