If I were an advertiser on Meta, I'd be crafting an exit plan asap. As we speak, they're using your ads + metrics to train their models to generate new ones for your competitors. Then they'll prioritize AI ads over "traditional" ones to juice the numbers, forcing you into their loop. Get out. RE:
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Anuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq.com)
All roads in Big Tech always lead to more ads, and LLMs are the motherlode https://www.theverge.com/meta/659506/mark-zuckerberg-ai-facebook-ads
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Me watching the app store duopoly finally start to crumble RE:
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Anuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq.com)
Love it when malicious compliance leads to harsh punishments that give consumers what they should've had all along ❀️ [contains quote post or ...
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE - RE:
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Ian Fay (@ianfay.bsky.social)
This is *huge* for competition in the ATProto ecosystem RE:
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bryan newbold (@bnewbold.net)
very excited about lower costs with new Sync v1.1 relay, and did a write-up on how to host one cheaply (though @bad-example.com and @futur.blue k...
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Love it when malicious compliance leads to harsh punishments that give consumers what they should've had all along ❀️ RE:
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The Verge (@theverge.com)
Apple changes App Store rules to allow external purchases https://buff.ly/gV2NG3R
All roads in Big Tech always lead to more ads, and LLMs are the motherlode RE:
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Anuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq.com)
All roads in Big Tech always lead to more ads, and LLMs are the motherlode https://www.theverge.com/meta/659506/mark-zuckerberg-ai-facebook-ads
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Ars Technica
Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots
Unsurprisingly, an advertising company is finding more places to run ads.
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The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg just declared war on the entire advertising industry
The β€œinfinite creative” AI ad world is almost here.
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Two major factors holding back the Mastodon org were its lack of resources and its governance structure, impacting their velocity and decisiveness. Very happy to see that they're tackling both! RE:
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Mastodon (@mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy)
Hello! We're the team that builds and supports Mastodon, alongside the community. Today, we wanted to share an update on our organisation. https://...
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"You'll be safe as long as you stay in our beautiful walled garden, no need to go to scary spaces like the open web" RE:
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nilay patel (@reckless.bsky.social)
This is so damning - Apple used its copywriting prowess to make the web itself sound unsafe https://www.theverge.com/apple/659296/apple-failed-comp...
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Game Pass is going to do wild numbers after this RE:
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Tom Warren (@tomwarren.co.uk)
BREAKING: Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games worldwide. The Xbox Series X is going up by $100 to $599.99, the Xbo...
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