I don’t have a hostile relationship with ads because I block them all.

I could just be me being a doomer, but I doubt any significant exodus will happen. People really about to drop discord? Right…

That’s gotta be infuriating.

Has anyone heard of “3D GUN’T” software that’s apparently being put into new 3d printers? It can apparently block prints based off the shape or whatever to prevent the printing of gun parts, and keeps tabs on who printed exactly what. It’s basically DRM for 3d printers. Also laws in certain states demanding printers be legally required to start blocking gun parts. It may be the beginning of something worse as it adds the infrastructure needed to further block “bad shapes” down the road.

https://3dprint.com/314218/daring-am-software-advances-aim-to-curb-illegal-3d-printing-of-firearms/ https://printandgo.tech/blog/3d-gunt-solution-to-prevent-3d-printed-ghost-guns

I could smell the enshitification tidal wave coming yet I doubt my friends will migrate to anything else.

I already miss out on basically everything that happens in my town because it’s all shared and done on Facebook. I’m fine with that, whatever, I don’t really care, but Google services are much harder for me to decouple from. I will admit that YouTube is the strongest vice in my life, I just can’t get enough of it. I also feel it’s too late, I’ve shared my stuff with Google, uploaded tax shit to get AdSense to work, had a channel, bought domains, used Gemini for a long time, and more spanning years of my life since childhood. Google’s got my data by the balls. I think it’s a bit too late for me.

I don’t see myself as a target, and I don’t live in the United States.

Why use ChatGPT over Gemini?

I used Google since I was a kid, so their products have been a part of my life for a long time. I don’t see myself not using YouTube.

You pick the platforms and pick what you share on each of them, be careful now what you say.

Oh my god I knew this was gonna happen at some point, me and Google have a long history, and I doubt I’m gonna stop using Gemini, Google search, or YouTube.

It’s a tough change, I won’t lie. It depends on what you need too, good luck if you need Adobe apps. The first while is frustrating, weird and unfamiliar, but there will come a time where Windows will feel that way instead.

It doesn’t matter all that much, if your service can be accessed in a country, you have to bend to their rules, or get blocked, and Turkish users will no longer be able to access Bluesky.

On the one hand, less censorship, on the other, something a lot worse.