With regards to your phone listening, I think when people really started to take notice was when specific products were advertised to you as soon as you heard about it for the first time from someone. Not just searching basketball and using a lot of location or history data to make a guess. I'd fly to another city, hear a family member talk in passing about buying a pair of slippers and almost immediately I'd look to my phone and see ads for the exact same brand of slippers they were talking about. It was getting so ridiculously specific that it just had to be your phone listening in.
Meta chasing legitimacy by constantly reframing itself when the politics shift shows that the company has literally NO RUDDER, NO ETHICS AND NO SENSE OF MORALITY.
If Social Media _ever_ had any value, any even small modicum is gone. [[ I personally don't believe there was any value, but now it's an actively negative influence. ]]
The kids are going to Rednote a straight Chinese owned app. They are learning mandarin I love America man. We are nothing if not petty. Number one on the App Store as of today.
Max said that "Apple sold those recordings to advertisers" which I'm very sceptical of. The statement from Apple after the fact says "Siri data has never been used to build marketing profiles and it has never been sold to anyone for any purpose" which I am inclined to believe. I do think those devices were recording and submitting the recordings to people inside Apple for the purposes of tuning Siri responses. That's certainly a big problem, but there is no evidence to suggest the company that tries to maintain an image of a privacy-focused company would risk all that by selling personal recordings to advertisers for a small fractional increase to their overall profit.
I use the watch duty app, really helpful! It’ll use the gps from your phone to show you where you are, where the fires are, what zone you’re in, and even where the closest animal/people shelters are (and if they’re full or not). Highly recommend :)
Permanently deleted my Facebook 2 days ago and I'm not looking back. Focused on myself and my own personal happiness for the next 4 years.
I love how in America, not being able to be bought and having integrity is a sign of suspicion.
With regards to your phone listening, I think when people really started to take notice was when specific products were advertised to you as soon as you heard about it for the first time from someone. Not just searching basketball and using a lot of location or history data to make a guess. I'd fly to another city, hear a family member talk in passing about buying a pair of slippers and almost immediately I'd look to my phone and see ads for the exact same brand of slippers they were talking about. It was getting so ridiculously specific that it just had to be your phone listening in.
Please support this pod so that John and Jon dont have to do these ads.
Zuck has money. Elon has money. Elon now has actual power. Zuck is feeling inferior now. That is really most of this.
Meta chasing legitimacy by constantly reframing itself when the politics shift shows that the company has literally NO RUDDER, NO ETHICS AND NO SENSE OF MORALITY.
No corporation has morals. Their only purpose is to maximize profit for themselves.
If Social Media _ever_ had any value, any even small modicum is gone. [[ I personally don't believe there was any value, but now it's an actively negative influence. ]]
These ad breaks are crazy long.
I don’t think it’s up to them how long the ads are. I’m just happy they have have some, helps keep the pod around you know :)
Skip them
Complaining that the system is no longer rigged in your favor is pretty rich.
The kids are going to Rednote a straight Chinese owned app. They are learning mandarin I love America man. We are nothing if not petty. Number one on the App Store as of today.
I need a full deep dive on Jon spilling his wine at John's house. Give me the tea. That ad had me engaged.
I love you all, but seriously... what is with the shady supplement ads, and who are you calling fatty?
If you continue to accept ad sponsorship like today’s you forever relinquish any remaining ground on which to criticize Dr Oz.
Great episode guys I love the end theme! Gives me goosebumps for no reason but I love it
Bluesky shining on me.... nothing but BLUESKY should I see.
And people will still stay there instead of leaving.
I cant believe yall are selling snake oil supplements lol
This absolutely just happened to me - how do I sue??
Way too many ads guys.
They'll really take an ad read for anyone.
Time for Cheryl to lean in again.
Max said that "Apple sold those recordings to advertisers" which I'm very sceptical of. The statement from Apple after the fact says "Siri data has never been used to build marketing profiles and it has never been sold to anyone for any purpose" which I am inclined to believe. I do think those devices were recording and submitting the recordings to people inside Apple for the purposes of tuning Siri responses. That's certainly a big problem, but there is no evidence to suggest the company that tries to maintain an image of a privacy-focused company would risk all that by selling personal recordings to advertisers for a small fractional increase to their overall profit.
Would Zuck have made any moves in any direction if it were Harris?
Facebook et al feed Soylent Green to people.
is Community Notes not effective?
the scotus ruled last century..the business of business is business
I am tech dumb. How do i find out what zone im in? That part is ridiculous. An app should be able to enter your lication and get the alerts.
I use the watch duty app, really helpful! It’ll use the gps from your phone to show you where you are, where the fires are, what zone you’re in, and even where the closest animal/people shelters are (and if they’re full or not). Highly recommend :)
just get off twitter y’all, i know you “need it” for work or whatever, but just get off of there. cheers
He wants to buy TikTok so he is loving up to Trump.
Interview someone from meta!
Funny that they kick off the highlights with the old Joe Biden ism “the idea!”
Hmmm do they really think all these absurd things are funny or are they just nervous laughing?
Trump is 100% gonna save tik tok
Why are you repping starbucks? 😡 Free Palestine. 😢 🇵🇸❤