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Last edited by Koopacabras on 29 September 2020 at 6:37 am UTC
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Spoiler, click me
to sum it up the problem is algoritms, they are always trying to get a response from you and the problem is that negative responses are faster you can get angry or irritated really fast and instead feeling happy or calm is something that takes time to build up. Social media just sucks, in turn by this evil scheme and algoritms everyone is getting more depressed. Facebook, Google sociologist and psycologist know this very well it was proven even by them in multiple studies. Suicides among teens that use social media is higher it's a fact.
People that are trolls, are only puppets being manipulated by the algoritms, their brain releases endorphines when they get angry and it turn they feedback the system, which throws at them more algoritms to make them more angry and more irritated, they are being dog fed by algoritms in a loop system. Unfortunately the way the scheme works is that the more troll you are the more the system rewards you.
The guy giving that interview also made a movie on netflix I think is called the social dilemma, he worked on silicon valley.
I only use mastodon for now, at least the source code can be checked it's descentralized and if there is some evil algoritm it would be quickly removed.
I don't trust Google, Facebook, Microsot, Instagram, and social media that commercializes and harvests your private data, searches, etc. I trust more Steam or Amazon or even Netflix for example, their objective is different, they are selling tangible stuff, they will try to get you addicted to buying, which at this point is the lesser evil compared to what social media does.
/rant off
Last edited by Koopacabras on 29 September 2020 at 7:19 am UTC
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What did you expect from steam forums? The volume of toxicity and trolling there is legendary.
I think many users also think that if a company develops a game for multiple platforms it will take a linear amount of developer time, and that's why a lot of games are really buggy on launch, so they get really frustrated when someone asks for a port for an OS that 'nobody uses'.
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beyond these. i want to buy neuralink and plant that chip into thats trolls head then install minimal ubuntu version and have some fun.
i will pay for all the job for "Linux Users Sake."
I even hear bad words about linux from people who should know better, like software engineers, free-time programmers etc.
But it's not limited to Linux, in general people tend to want only monopolies in every aspect of their life nowadays (Amazon, Facebook, Steam, Netflix, Uber, Airbnb etc.) and if you use an alternative then you "make things complicated" in their eyes.
They make things complicated by supporting wannabe-monopolies all the time and giving them power.
Last edited by dr_jekyll on 29 September 2020 at 2:21 pm UTC
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I have always supported the underdog (just the way I am) and I for 100% sure hate lock in of any kind, so no, I would never like an Apple device. I didn't even like how much they try to push you into logging into their iCloud. Even Windows isn't so in your face about using One Drive!
Some companies are of the opinion that you and your data should belong to them, and you should be happy that they provide such a service to you!
The only one of the big companies I haven't had huge issues with is probably Amazon. And while they have had history of not paying their people well, or other things that make their employees unhappy, it isn't like they've been using sweat shops (at least that we know of), and they provide a great service in getting packages to my front door quickly. I think there is a great reason that Amazon is successful. Google is successful because of luck of the draw and advertisements, which I've never been comfortable with, as I hate advertisements... One of the reasons I'd never sign up and pay for something like YouTube Red or Hulu.
Hell, I still refuse to sign up separately to HBO Max, because I think HBO and Amazon should come to an agreement as having everything integrated through Amazon Prime is much better than having to pay X amount of different services.
But back to trolls, yeah I don't think any of them are paid. I actually watched a commentary video about another video... where the original video was a grown adult male that was upset (to the point where he seemed close to bursting out into tears) that the PC was getting ports of some of the games that were previously exclusive to the PS4 (like Horizon: Zero Dawn). Because SOMEHOW having games be available to more people is a terrible thing! Oh no! I mean it isn't like the PC even competes with the consoles, that's one thing I've never understood... The only way they even compete at all is for the developer's cash. Exclusives to me make absolutely NO sense from either a developer or consumer point of view, it is only advantageous for the maker of that particular platform. No one else benefits from it. Not even the publisher does, unless the platform maker gives them a giant dump of money, and that is only the initial profit. Granted, if a publisher has any doubt on the success of a game, selling it to be an exclusive for that initial bonus is a great idea. People from that platform will flock to it for a 'this is better than what you have' to other platform owners. They basically feed the 'war'.
Exclusives are a funny thing, and just means the game will eventually either be unplayable, or work on a PC via emulation anyhow. :P
Arguably, Apple is the most privacy-minded company there is right now. You buy expensive hardware from them and they make their money from that and not from gathering and selling your data. They are also not a monopoly in any market, Google is bigger in smartphones and obvs MS is bigger in OS. Let's not confuse monopoly with having control one's own devices.
Apple and Google are getting bad press right now because of the shit Epic has been stirring up that they shouldn't have control over their own platforms. I see value in the argument that a smartphone is just like a computer and should be treated like one, I also see value in it being a closed platform, where users have limited capabilities in exchange for security and peace of mind. Much like gaming consoles, perhaps. Should Sony and MS and Nintendo allow users to install their own software on them, including competitive stores? And if so, should they offer support and warranty if users do that?
Perhaps there's place for both types of devices in the market. It's just too bad for smartphones you only have the choice of locked-down chaperone Apple and spyware Google.