madeinthebackseat

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[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

We should likely do as much of this as possible.

Seems this could accelerate the problem taking care of itself.

[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The content is good, so I support the content.

If all we ever do is hold purity contests over secondary and tertiary concerns, like the platform, we'll never accomplish anything.

[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 70 points 8 months ago (15 children)

The anti-trust pressure has increased with this administration. Lina Kahn has been effective at the FTC in bringing a number of cases forward.

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/ is a very well executed newsletter with more detailed information regarding anti-trust if you're interested.

[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

We will eventually scientifically determine the neurological impact of social media is both damaging long term and requires health treatment.

This isn't about the content itself, it's the addictive nature of how it's delivered and the ability to rapidly manipulate people.

[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 172 points 9 months ago (17 children)

Let's see, in the 80s we rapidly moved much of our technology manufacturing to China, and now we're shocked that China has this knowledge?

[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Local motorsports in the US.

It's a whack-a-mole of services which restream content, but the piracy services are also subscription based.

[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let me know when the EU collects it. I have my doubts.