I weep for my newborn, whose reality will be marred by so much fakeness
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
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I freaking hate the future, man. I’m so sick of this shit.
Fascinating stuff.
I do think there will eventually be pushback against the current oligarch model of technology, but it is likely I will be much older when it happens.
Just the nature of history. We are pretty early in the information age.
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I remind everyone that Google invested not once, but twice in this company, for a total of $350 million
Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.
Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? ...okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.
Awesome. Stand on the big X and pull the lever, Samsung.
You get ads, you get ads, everyone gets ads!
- Samprah.
so i guess i'm going to hold on the the pixel 8 for as long as i can then......
Someone at Samsung submitted a user story only to troll, and it worked "I need you to drain my phone battery and data plan for ads when I dont even look at it"
Yeugh. This makes me feel sick.
Stuff like this always reminds me of the personalized ads in Mass Effect (like here: https://youtu.be/hMdIypwM2KI ). That game has accurately depicted the future.
who the fuck is going to buy anything that's endorsed by my ugly mug?