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The only thing that would make me switch is data loss.

Counterpoint: Take a look at consumer cellular. I would say it’s drastically cheaper than verizon, at&t, or t-mobile, but the customer support is better than all 3.

It seems like if ChatGPT had literally any other way to turn a profit, they would have done it before resorting to this. Kind of fees like this is their last ditch effort to show investors that they can somehow become profitable.

Glad to see my sense of humor lines up directly with 18th century dock workers

Yes in that case there would be no data transmitted, and no risk.

Another example: if the user turns off "Turn on when Windows starts up" or whatever equivalent, this would also be a non-issue.

The Alaska Mint is the only link I clicked that still worked

Is the idea that hackers can review the source for vulnerabilities?

I would imagine any internet-facing application would not have any issues with a source code "leak" like this, as all inter-app communication is based on short-lived credentials.

> Nobody wants a computer. They want what it does.

This is exactly why we have AI assistants in the first place.

The typical person wants the damn phone / computer / tablet out of their life, they just want to say "Siri, make my dentist appointment for 9:30 Monday morning" or "Copilot, find all the pictures of my dad and put them together in a collage for his birthday".

The biggest problem with AI assistants and this thought process in general is that they do not work.

As the article states, if the AI assistants actually did things we wanted, these companies wouldn't need to shove them down our throats so much. We would just... use them.

Agree on it being AI, but what really screamed "AI slop" to me was the emojis. I don't know any tech bloggers who use emojis, but everything that ChatGPT or Gemini generates always has too many emojis.

> public WhatsApp API

There is no public WhatsApp API. You need to sign up for "WhatsApp Business Platform" to be able to use an API to interact with WhatsApp.

If there was a real API for WhatsApp, this probably wouldn't have happened.

> Despite Linux, llvm and Blender proving that open source can beat closed source, GIMP has failed for a very long time.

As a GIMP / Inkscape user who hasn't used photoshop / illustrator, what is so much better about Adobe's offerings?

Consent and convenience. When I use google maps, I am trading my privacy for accurate directions and traffic times. When I buy a car that sells my location, and I get nothing in return, I feel like the deal is inequitable.