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Re:The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enab... by h2zizzle on Monday March 17, 2025 @09:10AM (#43388212)
To finish the story here, a look back:

https://bsalert.com/news/2596/Who_Are_You_Better_Than.html

People in this country perennially choose wanting to be "better than" over wanting to be happy.

Re:The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enab... by nielsbot on Monday March 17, 2025 @01:23PM (#43390734)
Working class solidarity is the only solution.

I recently realized that people should understand they have more in common with (and must have solidarity with) the next people down on the socio-economic rung instead of trying to climb the ladder in hopes of joining those on the next rung up.

Re:The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enab... by h2zizzle on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @08:40PM (#43418801)
It will never happen, especially with the racialized nature of that socioeconomic ladder. The country that generates downvotes on a post recognizing the similarities between BLM/Floyd Protests and the Euromaidan (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43389979) could never.
Re:The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enab... by nielsbot on Friday March 21, 2025 @10:50AM (#43436402)
I think awareness is growing