@garpu It was 2020. Gritty memes.

@dandrezner Cancelled my subscription after hearing about it. Won’t damage Bezos in any way, and the only people getting hurt are going to be the reporters and editorial staff who hate this, but I can’t see any other option. Just like the Teamsters non-endorsement, it’s actually an endorsement of Trump.

@garpu yes

@kcoxdc @garpu Woot!

@thelinuxEXP There’s a distinction to be made between ads. There’s the ads that people (like you) get in direct sponsorship, because they’re in the video/podcast/etc, and there’s the “ad tech” ads stapled on to websites, videos, or podcasts by clever machines. I think the latter is what’s under actual threat. The former will only grow, because people like you are incentivized to make ads that don’t drive away their viewers. I pay for YT Premium, but I still see your ads.

@kcoxdc That is an extremely good question. And part of a very under explored set of question about how@mich of the work IT systems in general do that actually needs to get done, even before AI. How much work is actually saved.