Fuck the ai os wave. Do not force that shit into my life. I'm fine with using ai, but ai is not gonna stare over my shoulder. I decide when I use it. Never going back from Linux. Still stuck with a samsung phone but we'll see
this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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Even if Microsoft, Apple, et al, drop the 'inescapable integrated AI assistant' bullshit in their OS' it's almost a guarantee that they will forever reside in some hidden background service quietly sending off reports. The temptation for them is too great, and the legal consequences are nil.
Hell yeah
It's not care. Its want. We don't want AI.
FR I think more people actively dislike it, which is a form of care.
Whenever I ask random people who are not on IT, they either don't know about it or they love it.
That's a boring perspective fuck you for sharing.
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Depends on the implementation.
Just about everyone I know loves how iPhones can take a picture and readily identify a plant or animal. That's actually delightful. Some AI tech is great.
Now put an LLM chatbox where people expect a search box, and see what happens... yeah that shit sucks.
loves how iPhones can take a picture and readily identify a plant or animal.
As I biologist I'd like to correct your sentence: "iPhones can take a picture and pretend to sometimes manage to get close to identifying a plant"
It sucks at identification too
Hotdog or not hotdog
Do they care? No! Will they push more AI? Yes! Will they listen to the consumers? I don't think so.
Same thing happens with lot of products over the years. Companies push new stuff that we don't want, and a year later becomes a regular thing! They push AI day by day, from websites AI chat help to in app AI assistant. Do consumers like it? No, but still you gonna find it everywhere! and now they push it in computers and looks what it happens! No sales!
Call me crazy, but at some point, they need to look at their data or their consumers and do the right thing.
It's maddening that they did actually take away the headphone jack from all modern phones and there's nothing we can do about it even though it objectively sucks
You can still buy phones with a headphone jack. It's just that most people buy the one without because most people have a wireless headset they use with the phone.
It's SUPER simple: if something new comes along and sells, it will become the standard. If it doesn't sell, it won't.
Removing the headphone jack allowed manufacturers to make phones thinner/lighter/cheaper/whatever and people didn't vote against it, therefore it stays.
most, Sony still has them
But there's no space on the new thin phones.
STFU yes there is. Gimme my 3.5mm.
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