I'll add they may not even offer better prices. They'll just remove it from the google store and require you to install their store and get more direct advertisements for their crap, and they can make agreements that the software doesn't work without enabling notifications.

I would agree if it was actual competition, where maybe the new stores don't do the same crappy tactics that google does regarding data, but it's not. So I would argue it's not better, it's the exact same thing. Now you'll have extra stores the manage, it'll get more bloated, and I'm sure things won't place nice with each other, and seperating out subscriptions for apps further, and payment portals etc.

It's not going to be better either, for consumers. This isn't competition. I refute that. It's the same service except another company gets a share of it. They're not going to offer us better prices overall, just short term ones to get you to switch over. It's the same game with all the game launches, they want their own egosystem, split everyone up to it, and they offer incentives until they lock you in, then dick with your prices or even access.

All it is, is companies complaining that google gets to exploit, steal peoples data and make a bunch of a money from it, and they want to do it too! It's not fair that only google can!

Zero fucking interest in this as it has nothing to do with making things better or more fair for consumers.

Oh damn I see what happened, you got me. I don't know if you're a person or a bot but that's EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Also why I use slashdot less and less too.

Like many things it's a short term gain. Initially I would respond and comment on some things that seemed outlandish and off base. Once I realized it was intentionally targeting me with something I would disagree with, I stopped responding as I realized it wasn't people and I wasn't having a discussion with anyone, that it was just a bot getting attention, wasting my time, I moved on and it's one of the reasons I've signfiicantly stopped using it.

Having your feed flooded with it makes it obvious, as usual, someone ruined the rage bait as now everyone is doing it. Like anything else, you come up with a good idea, it may not last long as everyone will copy it and 'ruin' the market for it.

Both can be true. It might have burned out the same regardless if bots were present or not, but now we'll never know.
I used to respond to some posts and try to give it a grounded response but I quickly realized I was just being farmed for attention and every post was rage bait, and often the exact same posts but from all these 'differen't' people, who totally just share that opinion.

Well everyone isn't, but I noticed the same exact posts and exact words by many accounts as if it was their own sharing, or 'meme' text, but you know, the image and borders are slightly different, but constantly? No, that's be bots.

People have figured out that rage bait is the major way to drive interaction with posts, Facebook knew long before, there was a report about that.
It's clear it's senseless bots spamming narratives for whatever side you don't like targeting you to get you to engage.

There is zero point in responding, it's a bot farming for a attention. Again, common sense not applied. They always think their little pet projects will keep the peasents engaged, but as usual, it's failing.

So...Human makes AI that acts like human. Finds it does things like human. Stay tuned!

Let us not be under the illusion that business owners would lower their prices if it wasn't for those 'dang fees'. Once they realized you'd pay the hire price, if the fees are gone, the businesses are just going to go 'yummy more money for me'.

It's absurd right? Can you imagine if aircraft required trained people to fly them, filing flight plans and permission for every flight to launch? Yeah sure it would make the air space safer to prevent them crashing into each other and people on the ground but man.

Google does it. Google photos identifies people and scans their face, puts it in your album. Matches them up for it's slide shows or other things.
It's not new tech. People just think they're safer because they can tell when someone raises a phone to record them, but completely forget about cameras designed to be discreet.

Yeah, dramatically curbing them banking on the concept of people feeling like they bought it and forcing them to show that you're just licensing it for a period of time, forcing them to just be more open and honest about what they are trying to offer.
License, and how long that license will be valid for at a minimum, that would be awesome.

Let capitalism do what it does. That would help it.

Versus the many other camera devices that are smaller and less obvious and actually designed to be used convertly? You're not solving the problem of people being recorded in secret.
What kind of weirdo is recording your wife in the bathroom? Are you going to say another woman? Or who? Go ahead and say it.

Can you tell me what the Canadian national identity is? That would be great.