Vending machines on the Waterloo campus were discretely using face recognition without any warning.

The only reason people found out was because one of the machines displayed an error message when the app crashed.

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/facial-recognition-error-message-on-vending-machine-sparks-concern-at-university-of-waterloo-1.6779835

Reading this whole post from the Apollo developer, this Reddit fiasco is such a mess. Not only do I question writing apps based on proprietary APIs, I’m angry that I’ve provided so much content to Reddit after so many years.

You think I’m active on the Fediverse? I write a new Reddit post on r/Sizz 12x per day. This is a lot of work, all done for free, and it all goes into Reddit’s pocket.

It’s not even so much that I want to be paid. It’s that it’s I don’t think they have the right to charge so much money to developers for my contributions.

Let me be real. All I’ve ever wanted was to make stuff on the Internet on my terms.

I do pay for the privilege of running my own servers because, like it or not, every post I make on social media is actual work. And I should own my work.

Same deal with development of software. I donate lots of money to ensure that work on the Fediverse carries on.

Why? Because development is work. And more importantly, social media should be based on open protocols – not proprietary APIs.

The development happening right now is the building blocks for the future.

No developer should have their livelihood taken away from them because Big Tech wants to bankrupt them by charging outrageous API fees.

https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/