Hank G ☑️Jun 25, 2025

Big tech and techbro billionaires, "Akshully LLM's don't use as much electricity as the Luddites keep claiming."

Also big tech: "Reactivate every shut down coal, nuclear, and gas turbine plant ever built + build way more with specious zoning even if it is causing massive environmental harm already to nearby populations because we 'need' more power for our LLM models." #ai #rant #BillionairesShouldNotExist #BigTechShouldNotExist

Hank G ☑️Jun 5, 2025
"Their fantasy relies on the consolidation of energy and AI infrastructure, and their ability to isolate places from history, regulation, and the needs of ordinary people—in other words, their ability to thwart democracy." #VultureCapitalism #BigTechShouldNotExist #rant techpolicy.press/why-are-tech-…
Why are Tech Oligarchs so Obsessed with Energy and What Does That Mean for Democracy? | TechPolicy.Press

Promises of abundance contrast with the real environmental impact of AI infrastructure, writes Data & Society's Tamara Kneese.

Tech Policy Press
Hank G ☑️Jun 20, 2024

I know I'm late to resharing @ludicity 's AI hypecycle/bubble busting rant. It's just so damn good that I had to share it again anyway. #ai #rant #BigTechShouldNotExist #LateStageCapitalism #TechCulture

ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will…

I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity

Hank G ☑️Jun 19, 2024
Facebook has rolled out the Threads API inviting anyone and everyone to write apps around it. How exciting! Imagine all the cool things you can do. Don't worry about a rug pull later. Nope. Big tech has never and will never do that! /sarcasm #rant #threads #Facebook #BigTechShouldNotExist
Hank G ☑️Jun 18, 2024
My experience had been that I get suggested right wing content and fed right wing ads most of the time despite my viewing history and ad grading would be the exact opposite of that. Glad to see it quantified. Disappointed it's true. Not surprised at all. It's all about keeping the money rolling in. #BigTechShouldNotExist #rant #uspoli
YouTube’s algorithm recommends users right-wing and religious content, research finds
YouTube’s algorithm recommends users right-wing and religious content, research finds

YouTube has a pattern of recommending right-leaning and Christian videos, even to those who haven’t interacted with that kind of content, according to a study.

NBC News
Hank G ☑️Jun 11, 2024
I trust Apple more than any other big tech company. I still don't trust them on this. Sorry. If I can't turn off call back to the cloud on your AI crap I don't want your products. It's easy enough to ditch it for desktop/laptop but god help me if I can't shut it down on mobile because the alternatives are way worse. #apple #BigTechShouldNotExist #rant
Apple’s AI promise: “Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple”
Apple’s AI promise: “Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple”

And publicly reviewable server code means experts can "verify this privacy promise."

Ars Technica
Hank G ☑️May 22, 2024
I mean that's great that they agree to this but they already have pursued AI with reckless abandon and see zero signs of changing that. I'm thinking this is going to be more like Climate Change agreements: not good for more than wiping your ass with it. #ai #BigTechShouldNotExist neowin.net/news/microsoft-open…
Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and other major companies reach AI safety agreement

Major technology companies came together to promote responsible developments of AI and address security concerns. Representatives established frameworks and principles for evaluating models.

Neowin
Hank G ☑️Apr 27, 2024
...with my luck I'll go through all the brain damage of switching back to Garmin, since there is no decent FOSS fitness tracking hardware, get everything wired up in a de-Googled Android OS (assuming Health services work at all there), and a week later Garmin will get bought by Apple or Google and I'll be equally fucked with all my data going to the same goddamn place. #rant #BigTechShouldNotExist #foss
Hank G ☑️Apr 27, 2024
If Apple starts sending all my fucking search, messages, photos, files, etc. data to Google or OpenAI I'm done with them. They are my compromise platform because I hate adding to the Google/Facebook style data reseller big tech data lakes. I honestly don't know what the alternative will be at that point besides having to hobble my experience with /e/os, LineageOS, whatever, self hosting services, etc. and try to figure out a work around for banking apps. Motherfuckers! This is so enraging. I have a feeling I better start getting my ducks in a row to depart their ecosystem sooner rather than later. #rant #apple #ai #enshitification #BigTechShouldNotExist macrumors.com/2024/04/26/apple…
Apple Reignites Talks With OpenAI About Generative AI for iOS 18

Apple is once again talking with OpenAI about using OpenAI technology to power artificial intelligence features in iOS 18, reports Bloomberg's...

MacRumors
GrantMar 23, 2024

@timhollo emailed this today:

'Yesterday, out of the blue, Facebook started removing a whole lot of posts by The Green Institute, me, Elissa, our board member Julie, and various others, sharing the news about our launch of FroGI and photos from the event at Parliament House."

We can no longer continue to rely on big tech platforms to provide community communication.
#greeninstitute #BigTechShouldNotExist