AdventureTenseWe will outwit companies that are anti-consumer.
#RightToRepair #PredatoryCapitalism
https://www.404media.co/demand-is-booming-for-ursa-ag-new-no-tech-repairable-tractor/
bignose“the report highlights the presence of the following eight major manipulative design patterns [in opt-out procedures]:
* Failing to provide a clear mechanism to opt out of sale and sharing of personal information
* Not clearly linking opt-out form from homepage and/or privacy policy
* Requiring consumers to submit multiple separate forms
* Deceptive statements about opt-outs and their success
* Confusing or scary language
* Requiring consumers to log in or pay for a subscription before opting out
* Design elements hiding important opt-out information
* Checkbox options preselected
Policymakers and regulators need to step in to provide real privacy protections for consumers. To that end, the report provides these recommendations […]
https://epic.org/good-luck-opting-out-manipulative-design-patterns-in-opt-out-processes-2/
#DarkPatterns #UserHostile #PredatoryCapitalism #SurveillanceCapitalism #ConsentMatters #YouAreTheProduct
JaymeInteresting observation - after growing exceedingly tired of Acrobat trying to interject AI in every menu and screen, I went into the preferences and turned it all off.
Suddenly, the finnicky Reading Order tool quit acting so strange, and the erratic tag panel behavior seems to have stopped as well.
Is Acrobat tanking the user experience in an effort to force its AI on the user?
#ally #acrobat #adobe #AI #enshitification #predatoryCapitalism #dickMove #altMediaProduction
Suddenly, the finnicky Reading Order tool quit acting so strange, and the erratic tag panel behavior seems to have stopped as well.
Is Acrobat tanking the user experience in an effort to force its AI on the user?
#ally #acrobat #adobe #AI #enshitification #predatoryCapitalism #dickMove #altMediaProduction
Mayor of Nerdocrumbesia 🏡Good! These organizations prey on older people and those with hoarding issues.
As a son of a hoarder I blame (in part) companies like this for my mother's estate totaling $400 upon her death.
My mother bought CRAP off these vultures instead of saving, instead of stocking her pantry with real food, instead of going outside.
#FuckQVC #FuckHSN #PredatoryConsumerism #PredatoryCapitalism #QVC #Hoarders
https://apnews.com/article/qvc-bankruptcy-tiktok-shein-13650e6d52cd6007201d0132c2b95c9c
QVC Group files for Chapter 11 as TV shopping struggles to keep up with TikTok
The owner of home shopping network pioneer QVC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing by parent company QVC Group, which also owns HSN, formerly the Home Shopping Network, arrives as long-running TV shopping networks struggle to adapt to the rapid shift by consumers now tuning in to livestreams on TikTok, or online marketplaces like Shein. QVC Group, which filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, said that its international operations are not included in the process. It has more than $1 billion in cash on hand and said that it has ample liquidity to meet its business obligations.
Vote for 🗽 & 👩⚖️ -No New Inquisition!Of course, the reason Meta wants these laws passed is to prevent people from having alternatives when Zuck doxxes all his users.
If he does it alone, pretty much everyone with a functional brain will leave.
#meta #Zuckerberg #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #AgeVerification #Privacy #PredatoryCapitalism #Surveillance #FirstAmendment #Coup #Protest #Activism #SurveillanceCapitalism #BigBrother #TheNewInquisition
Ai Companies seem fine with obsoleting jobs, but we will see what happens when Ai starts replacing CEO positions.
Charles DouchekowskiMan, if tobacco and alcohol are not allowed to advertise on television for obvious reasons, why the fuck am I required to tolerate others gambling habits every fucking commercial break? Fuck #BetMGM, #Fuck #FanDuel and most of all #Fuck your late stage #PredatoryCapitalism. I hate this reality
Charlie McHenryJust a reminder amidst all this noise and chaos…Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok all purposefully designed their social media products to addict children and teens with no regard for known harms to their wellbeing, and how that mass youth addiction was core to the companies’ business models. Report linked below. #SocialMedia #DigitalAddiction #Meta #Google #Snap #TikTok #Capitalism #exploitation #PredatoryCapitalism #PredatoryPractices #TechBros
TECH OVERSIGHT REPORT: UNSEALED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW TEEN ADDICTION WAS BIG TECH’S “TOP PRIORITY” - Tech Oversight Project
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project published a new report spotlighting newly unsealed documents in the 2026 social media addiction trials. The documents provide smoking-gun evidence […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project published a new report spotlighting newly unsealed documents in the 2026 social media addiction trials. The documents provide smoking-gun evidence that Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok all purposefully designed their social media products to addict children and teens with no regard for known harms to their wellbeing, and how that mass youth addiction was core to the companies’ business models. #SocialMedia #RegulateSocialMedia #Capitalism #PredatoryCapitalism
TECH OVERSIGHT REPORT: UNSEALED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW TEEN ADDICTION WAS BIG TECH’S “TOP PRIORITY” - Tech Oversight Project
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project published a new report spotlighting newly unsealed documents in the 2026 social media addiction trials. The documents provide smoking-gun evidence […]
Zuri (he/him) ❌️👑 | 🕐 CET"It's companies vs people"
Exactly! I wish, more people would realize that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE
https://piped.video/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE
#capitalism #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingCrisis #QualityOfLife #EvanEdinger
