Google, Meta, others will have to explain algorithms under new EU legislation

Re:Google, Meta, others will have to explain algorithms unde... by wrboyce on Saturday April 23, 2022 @12:37PM (#31135808)

Apologies for the implication you’re stupid, I didn’t really mean that and it was uncalled for at any rate.

I don’t disagree regards dark patterns, your example just felt a bit irrelevant to the specific topic being discussed (Amazon pushing a paid for product / cancelling a paid subscription).

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Re:Google, Meta, others will have to explain algorithms unde... by psyc on Saturday April 23, 2022 @12:42PM (#31135853)

I can understand why you would make the distinction. Making distinctions is good, in general. However from my perspective as a frustrated user being antagonized by ‘my’ devices, it’s all the same battle to me.

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Re:Google, Meta, others will have to explain algorithms unde... by jholman on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:33PM (#31139743)

Paid vs not-paid is not an important distinction.

People who think that money is the only thing that other people want are doomed to be repeatedly exploited by people who understand that there are more forms of exploitation than directly monetary.

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Re:Google, Meta, others will have to explain algorithms unde... by wrboyce on Sunday April 24, 2022 @05:36AM (#31142509)

How an Earth are you being exploited by putting a copy of your bank card on your phone?

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