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Re:'Eat the future, pay with your face': my dystopian trip t... by truculent on Friday April 19, 2024 @09:01AM (#40086279)
> The articles can be summarized as Facebook bad, digital maps bad, Apple bad, Tesla bad and big-tech bad

Even from the headlines, it’s clear the criticism is more targeted than that. To generalise so aggressively is either bad faith (ironic, no?) or poor reading comprehension.

Are youtube personalities journalists? Is it the job of journalists to be popular? Should it be?

Re:'Eat the future, pay with your face': my dystopian trip t... by bko on Friday April 19, 2024 @09:27AM (#40086573)
Sure but where's the article about how uber reduced drunk driving, made cabs stop ripping people off and profiling. Or how google maps liberated so many people to feel comfortable exploring new places? Or the million other benefits that these new technologies have. Why is everything negative? Imagine if science reporting didn't report on drug discoveries and just how new drugs are leading the inequity in healthcare outcomes between those that can afford them and those that cant