> The author starts talking..... The author likens..... Finally, the author suggests...... Overall, I am disappointed in....
Which, while a perfectly valid way of structuring a comment, it's more usually found in ChatGPT-style answers than in random comments on the Internet.
I know most of those suspicions will be correct if they aren't already, but I'm still not very happy about it.
It's not super surprising to me that people who use it frequently begin to unconsciously imitate the chatgpt style in their own writing after a time.
It seems that ChatGPT learned from Recipes webpages. Include a story on how the author's parents had sex on a beach in Maui which sparked the author's desire for Mango Passion Fruit Cakes.
In fact, just like I have a limited amount of keystrokes in my lifetime (which incidentally I'm spending on this post) I have a limited amount of time to go through text.
Soon I'll start skipping the longer ones.
I do this with speaking, too. I used to be a bit of an abrasive engineer and just "tell it like it is" but after hitting a communication wall I started to coddle the listener and people really like it. I personally think it's unfortunate but it is what it is.
The author likens John Deere and Netflix but quickly brushes aside the fact that digital media and physical tractors are very different things to own.
Finally, the author suggests that paid subscriptions are bad because they can restrict our access to material and steal our data. I concede the first point but not the later. Reading my news subscriptions is significantly better than reading "Google News" and other ad-driven media suggestions.
Overall I am disappointed in the quality of the argument. This person does actually have a PhD which makes me want to talk to this person in a long form conversation where they won't feel constrained by this specific medium (pun intended).