Was StallmanWasRight just an early term for the (sub-) phenomenon of the enshittification / platform decay?

So I have seen some but this last one it did three in the same prompt (prompt was a question on a video game):

f you're looking for other ways to keep your character "buffed" in the real world, here are a couple of high-quality tools that act as their own kind of permanent equipment:

The YETI Rambler 30 oz Tumbler is built for durability with 18/8 stainless steel and double-wall vacuum insulation. It keeps your drinks at the right temperature for hours, making it a reliable "Resistance" item for your daily routine.

For a "Speed" and "Utility" boost for your electronics, the Anker 737 Power Bank provides a massive 24,000mAh capacity. It can charge a laptop or phone at 140W, ensuring your "concentration" on your work or games is never broken by a dead battery.

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/41529978

Like many US soft-power initiatives, the programme was imperfect, morally complex and at times at odds with the policies of other governments. Yet it is one foundation of what the internet is: a global commons. Today’s online world is dominated by large tech platforms and awash with illegal content and misinformation. But it is still a structure in which facts, ideas and information accessible from London are largely accessible from Delhi, Johannesburg and São Paulo as well.

That could change rapidly. On the one hand is the matter of US funding, now cut or apparently redirected towards a Trumpian, politicised effort to undermine global attempts to regulate US big-tech platforms.

On the other is the mounting export of censorship technologies, which are constantly improving and increasingly marketed overseas. These include devices sold by companies in China that give their customers – governments in Pakistan, Myanmar and Ethiopia among others – extremely fine-tuned control over what comes in and out of a country. It is believed that similar technologies are the foundation of Iran’s current shutdown.

This article unfortunately fails to mention the US has provided a significant portion of the apparatus to China.

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, government agencies and surveillance companies, an Associated Press investigation has found.

And time after time, despite bipartisan attempts, Congress has turned a blind eye to loopholes that allow China to work around its own rules, such as cloud services, third-party resellers, and holes in sanctions passed after the Tiananmen massacre.

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/us-government-allowed-and-even-helped-us-firms-sell-tech-used-for-surveillance-in-china-ap-finds/

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/41329789

You wouldn't just out of the blue completely drop support for something existentially necessary for someone to live their life and get to their job day to day would you?

Wait, you would? What the fuck? Weren't you the one lecturing me about the ethics of downloading a car?!??

Before Fisker’s 2024 bankruptcy, just 419 Fisker Oceans made it into British driveways. One unfortunate buyer, a marketing manager from Southampton, experienced the worst of the brand’s teething troubles. After taking delivery, her Ocean was plagued by persistent software glitches. Following a call to Fisker, engineers were dispatched to collect the vehicle for repairs, but when the car was due to be collected, it refused to start. Mere days later, Fisker declared insolvency, leaving the Ocean stranded as a 5,500 lb (2,500 kg) driveway ornament for the next ten months with no solution in sight.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/31717133

Navdanya International has released the report Seeds of Resistance, which documents the global spread of both old and new GMOs and the dismantling of biosafety regulations across continents. The publication comes as the European Union moves toward deregulating next‑generation GMOs, paving the way for gene‑edited organisms to enter fields and dinner plates without labeling, traceability, or proper risk assessment.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40176292

It's wild just how much they're trying to shove AI down our throats.

At the time of writing, the most recent Adobe Reader 25.x.y.z 64-bit installer for Windows 11 weights 687,230,424 bytes. After installation, the program includes 'AI' (of course), an auto-updater, sprinkled ads for Acrobat online services everywhere, and 2 GUIs: 'new' and 'old'. For comparison, the size of SumatraPDF-3.5.2 installer is 8,246,744 bytes.

geteilt von: https://thelemmy.club/post/30042673

It's really annoying to accidentally hit a key, then feel like I have to send a full message. Why is this the 'standard' among chat programs now, without even the option to turn it off?

Who is fighting for stuff like this?

or direct link to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk3snANxYMY

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21522958

(cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21522265)

A group of people including Drew DeVault are trying to cancel RMS again, basing their claims on ancient misinterpreted quotes. Stallman may be controversial, but these activists are just acid for the entire Free Software movement.