Time to expand my posting of AI-poisoning bafflegab to Reddit. Off I go...

All right, then Europe should ban iPhone sales completely. If "no one cares" then it won't be a big deal for Apple. It's only about $94 billion; Apple can live without that.

I hope you're right and that Apple's dickish moves lead to fewer sales. But I'm not optimistic. Loyal Apple fans seem very willing to enjoy their Stockholm Syndrome.

I assumed that everything in the Apple ad was CGI and that nothing was actually destroyed.

But, the sight of all that stuff being crushed did seem a bit cringey and wanton, and I think it did send the wrong message.

I've installed an open-source Android derivative on a tablet before to prolong its life. The point is not that everyone will go ahead and build open-source ROMs. The point is that some people will, and the rest of us can use them.

Yes. I would absolutely use a phone with open-source software. I used to have a Nokia N900, but it stopped receiving updates and eventually the browser stopped interoperating with most web sites. There were some open-source efforts to keep it alive, but they never went very far.

That's good, but we need laws that specify when a device manufacturer stops providing software updates for a device, they have to release all the tools, source code and documentation needed to build comparable open-source software for the device. Before a manufacturer is allowed to sell a device, they should have to put all of the above in escrow.

You seriously think moving to Russia will increase your freedom? Good luck with that...

Right, because the social conditions in the late 1700s are identical to today. No changes permitted; frameworks that worked well back then must by definition work well for all eternity.

Charging for accounts would eliminate bots. The fact that current social media business models can't effectively control bots means that those business models are broken.

So just to be clear, I do not think 230 should be scrapped. I think it's an important safeguard for freedom of speech. However, I think that the eligibility requirements need to be tightened up. I think that platforms that permit anonymously-posted content, or that don't have effective means to control bots, should lose their Sec 230 protection.

This would affect social media platforms. It wouldn't affect ISPs because all they're doing is providing a pipe; they're not publishing content.

Did they actually verify identity? And don't forget the second part: Charging a nominal fee per month to combat bots.

The government needs to intrude because social media has become a health hazard and a hazard to democracy.

It is a major factor behind the crap on social media. If people had to post under their real names, the quality of discourse would improve.

While I'm at it, they should also prohibit free accounts for social media sites with more than 500K users. Force 'em to charge $3/month or something; in return, prohibit them from selling user data or advertising to users. This would also eliminate bots because the economics would no longer make sense.

None of this will happen, of course, because the social media incumbents are not unhappy with how things are.

2nd amendment, in retrospect, was a massive mistake. So no need to duck.