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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)

They couldn’t afford enough electricity to run it in-house so now they just run a mandated botnet to make you pay for it instead. If this isn’t a page out of a George Orwell novel, it should have been.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

2026 even has newspeak in the form of bullshit like "unalive"

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

That's called algospeak.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago

AI@home baby!

I called it many years ago.

Wish I found somebody dumb enough to bet money against it. I'd be, like, dollars richer maybe.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Didn't Microsoft try that one before?