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Rachael L Dec 19, 2024

This article is very uncomfortable to read. https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

Never Forgive Them

In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting worse, despite what tech’s “brightest” minds might promise. More

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

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Rachael L Dec 19, 2024

Yes I am aware that ironically Ed Zitron's blog site prompts for you to subscribe. I didn't notice initially because I read via a read later app (see: https://freeradical.zone/@r343l/113677511251375108). If anything it enhances his argument to me because the way the "attention economy" works even someone ranting about the misdeeds of the system feels compelled to use these annoying systems. But I admit it's still annoying. That's why I read almost all links I'm sent via Pocket!

Rachael Ludwick (@[email protected])

@[email protected] lol yes. I reflexively save all links to a read later app so I saved it a a day or two ago from the iphone share sheet (sent straight to read later app w/o loading link) and so didn't notice that popup subscribe until I loaded the link in a browser to make sure I had a "clean" link (Pocket absurdly adds a shortener / tracker now). Notice all the little cuts the article talks about just in me sharing the link!

Free Radical

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David

@r343l He should switch to a platform like Bear, Write.as, or Ghost that doesn’t do that. He’s here preaching about how awful these half/full-screen, unavoidable nags are while using such a platform to host his blog. There are good alternatives!