Regardless of conspiracy theories or speculations, here we have yet another boeing going down. So much for US-is-best-and-US-manufacturing-is-best. Perhaps it was human error, but I'm certainly not Boarding a boeing flight any time soon...

I don't know how much of an idiot one has to be to not see immediately that it's an AI video. All the AI videos I've seen so far, including the ones mentioned in this article, look like crap and are just off. Anyone thinking them real must have a very underwhelming sense of reality.

Ads? Revanced on android, ublock on Firefox, sponsorblock, etc etc. I never see any ads. If I get any ad in any video I am watching, I stop the video and watch something else. Nothing is worth seeing ads for. I'd rather not watch anything than see any ad. how's that for "engagement"? any company wasting money on ads instead of lowering the prices, is not worth buying. To hell with their idiotic studies on "engagement" or "ad effectiveness" ad=death. Only word of mouth by people who have actually used the product is worth anything (and I don't mean idiot "influencers" whom I find extremely annoying). If this qualifies me as a luddite, then I'd rather be that, thank you very much.

And when was the last time the US army won a war? They lost them all since Vietnam. Trump might believe the US army is worth anything (Americans always seem to think the US is the best in everything... Fools), but China would win hands down. A military defeat of that magnitude would finally spell the final end of the US empire, like Egypt did for Britain

Subscriptions? Thanks, but no thanks! Cracks work very well.

They must be using Artificial Idiocy. Welcome to "we don't need developers any longer" You actually need to be a very good developer to spot AI hallucinations. they could use AI to replace managers instead. When have *they* ever done anything useful?

Well, at this point the comments would take days to read, so I apologise if what I say has been said already. I don't know about "art" but I have yet to see a single AI-generated image which wasn't eery. Every single picture I have seen has been distastefully strange. I realise people will get used to them (they might already be), but I get an instant sense of disgust. Is it just me? Am I a luddite? I feel sorry for humanity, if this is the future.

I wouldn't be so open about this. Considering that the orange monkey-in-chief is now in power in the US, by being so cheerful about copyright expirations, they might get some braindead executive order extending copyright by 1000 years. Hell, Trump might even do it for 10000 years! It's not like he lives in the real world.

Ads? I have adblockers in Firefox and I use a cracked version of YouTube on mobile. Everytime I look at other people's phone with ads all over the place, I am disgusted. How can they out up with it? I've never seen an ad for ages. I'm glad to never have even tried tiktok, but from what I see around, it looks like it's trash. It's not so hard to avoid ads, people. Smarten up. Google has enough money. The subscription model is evil and should be actively boycotted.

Microsoft has enough money. I just crack it and pirate it. No issue. It has been their long standing practice to allow personal users to pirate their software to create lock in, so I do that. Companies have to pay, ok, but users shouldn't.

I don't care. I use Firefox. If only more people did, then perhaps Google wouldn't have such a stranglehold. I don't care about code of conducts, or any other bullshit people complain about. Firefox works, I never see any ads and that's what I care about. Yes, mozilla keeps screwing it with new useless garbage, but if you ignore the fluff, Firefox works. Better than having to put up with chrome idiocies.

Anything with the word 'innovation' has been a scam for years, now. I avoid any product which uses that word and I don't pay any of the subscriptions that inevitably come with 'innovation' You're welcome to join the bandwagon and believe tech bros 'innovators'

MAGA cultists only believe what the orange monkey-in-chief sprouts. Facts don't matter. Welcome to reality.

If you force the CEO and his minions pay for the losses, they will make sure there's none!

You want children to have better mental health? Ban mobiles until 18 or even 21. Let them live.