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Got this winner from Google in my inbox this morning.

"We’re writing to inform you of the price change that will go into effect for your Google Workspace Business ... The updated subscription pricing reflects the significant added AI value ..."

Translation:
"We've included something which adds negative value to you. You're also going to pay more for ot."

Of course changing products would be difficult. Literal example of #enshittification

#BigTech #AI #BeEvil

@marado @per_sonne Eish, que entrada a pés juntos. #BeEvil

Amid the cries of 'just use f-droid' when talking about Google curtailing the Nextcloud sync client in Play Store, I notice that very few have bothered to include a link.

There are a considerable number of apps if you search for 'Nextcloud' in f-droid. A little daunting for new users, or those just unaware (or time poor).

The one to use is https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nextcloud.client/

#Nextcloud #FDroid #Google #BeEvil #PlayStore #Android

Because "Be just evil enough to satisfy the 'line goes up forever' people indefinitely" didn't fit on the T-shirt.

#evil #LineGoesUp #DontBeEvil #BeEvil #LineGoesUpForever #TShirt #TeeShirt #slogan #motto

I just did a Google search and the third link says "No information available for this page" clicking the "Learn why" link for that entry leads to an explanation that the site has blocked it via robots.txt.

FFS Google. Honor the damn robots.txt. If they've blocked you, you shouldn't be indexing the page.

#Google #BeEvil #WebAdmin

Apparently, so many people were leaving 1-star reviews for the “Gulf of America” on Google Maps that Google is blocking new reviews.

Check for yourself if you want:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gulf+of+America/@25.304304,-107.995605,3118858m/

#BeEvil #Google #Enshittification

@selzero I was a lot more sanguine about this when I lived about five miles from a primary target.

Now I'm in the short-to-medium term survivor one, and I really don't want to live in the early aftermath of a #Skynet conflict.

#NuclearWar #Google #BeEvil #AI

Google Drops its 2018 ban on using AI for weapons and surveillance

via @Wired

https://www.wired.com/story/google-responsible-ai-principles/

#BeEvil #Capitulation #Fascism #HumanRights #Trump #NoMandate #HalfHeartedFanatic

I'm genuinely curious about Kagi search. @ludicity is the second writer/blogger/chastiser-of-naked-emperors whose opinion I trust that appears to sing Kagi’s praises.

Does anyone else have well-formed opinions on their usage of #Kagi? Its utility appears to be well-demonstrated, so I’m particularly interested from a perspective of #privacy, #security, and the odds that it won’t be #ruinedbyprivateequity

#kagisearch #googleAIMLBigDataQuantumHPC #beEvil

This is random, but the YouTube algorithm #BeEvil has gone totally bonkers on me. I think it thinks I am a mum living in Australia?

And the short film recommendations are disturbing, frankly. Wish I could make the entire "Shorts" section go away.

Google started mining words on the Internet a while ago.

“Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian”

#google #ai #datamining #Data #DataPrivacy #dontbeevil #beevil

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/google-says-ai-systems-should-be-able-to-mine-publishers-work-unless-companies-opt-out?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@noondlyt @rodhilton

The #BorgSite is moribund.
It has been since the #QLoon bought it backed by the likes of MBS.
However, in so doing, it has been becoming less and less relevant.

The real battle to watch is the one the #BeEvil company and the #RottenApple are fighting to subjugate the #OpenWeb.
The former seems to be already in the roll-out process. Take a look at the linked long article. Horrifying.

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110787814865479485

@henriavo @bascule No, that used to read “don’t be evil”. And Google shortened that somewhat, and goes by the concise version these days. #BeEvil

@benzogaga33 On peut le dire autrement : "FLoC est une très mauvaise initiative, alors on ne va pas le faire tout de suite mais un peu plus tard". #BeEvil

"A few weeks ago, I changed my browsing and searching habits purely to get out of that A/B test bucket. Now it looks like we're all in it."

-- dang, editor/moderator of Hacker News, on Google's "We've made all search results look like ads" campaign.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22110332

#google #BeEvil

Ok donc #Google bosse dans le pétrole maintenant.
C'est un jeu ?

Médecine ? Oui on fait ✅
Aide à la surveillance de masse. Yes 👍
Extraction de pétrole ? Oui on fait ! ⛽
Moteur de recherche. Ah oui si, on fait ça c'est vrai.

@voxdotcom@twitter.com ➡️ https://youtu.be/v3n8txX3144

#BeEvil

Ok donc Google (+ Amazon et Microsoft) bosse pour extraire du pétrole maintenant.
C'est un jeu ?

Médecine ? Oui on fait ✅
Aide à la surveillance de masse. Oui on fait 👍
Extraction de pétrole ? Oui on fait ! ⛽
Moteur de recherche. Ah euh.. ah oui si, on fait ça c'est vrai.

➡️ https://youtu.be/v3n8txX3144

#BeEvil