"Why don't people want to pay for streaming anymore?" cry the companies who split streaming into 40 different services that keep increasing in cost while randomly removing content without warning, and shoving ads into our paid services.

Yup, sure is a mystery. A real head scratcher.

#streaming #streamingIsDead

Everyone, get ready for Mass Exodus #100,000.

Musk is considering bringing back Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who uses children’s deaths to his advantage to score political points. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/07/elon-musk-considers-reinstating-alex-jones-x-account.html

Zuck: yea so we’re joining the fediverse and I even got some instance admins to sign ndas and federate

Friend: what!? how’d you manage that one?

Zuck: they came to us

Zuck: i don’t know why

Zuck: they “trust me”

Zuck: dumb fucks

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With apologies to Mark’s original IMs (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook). Threads (lack of) App Privacy screenshot via https://shakedown.social/@clifff/110653848263872804

#threads #p92 #meta #facebook #instagram #BigTech #SiliconValley #SurveillanceCapitalism #PeopleFarming #eee #fediverse