tanteMar 12

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

Show threadPatrick H. LaukeMar 12
@tante and also, the whole power dynamic of shifting home/personal computing back to a mainframe that you need to buy time on. what has already happened with a lot of software moving to a "rent, but never own" model
Show threadArtGeek (Ken Tryon)
@patrick_h_lauke @tante I actually prefer software subscriptions, so long as they’re reasonably priced. I’ve seen too many apps fade and die because their devs can’t afford to maintain them. I like open source, but we’ve convinced ourselves that software should be free, which is as much of a delusion as saying AI isn’t massive intellectual property theft.
Mar 13 at 12:41amMona for iPhone
Show threadArtGeek (Ken Tryon)Mar 13
@patrick_h_lauke @tante I will agree that large corporations are virtually forcing us into cloud storage and on demand downloads so that we’re dependent on them. I had to jump through hoops to keep local copies of my files.
Show threadcontrasocialMar 13

@ArtGeek @patrick_h_lauke @tante

I prefer Davinci Resolve's model of selling permanent licenses to each major release. So you pay a few hundred bucks to own the software indefinitely, but if they release a version with a bunch of new features you can pay to upgrade. Much more ethical than subscriptions.

Show threadPatrick H. LaukeMar 13
@contrasocial @ArtGeek @tante ditto with CaptureOne, Ableton Live...
Show threadArtGeek (Ken Tryon)Mar 13
That works too, and it’s a sustainable business model. If the software provides any cloud services, then it pretty much has to be a subscription.