Amazon is being sued by the FTC and 17 states for, among other things, being an illegal monopoly.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO. We're not gonna get mad at people for shopping on Amazon because of this, because *that's what you're forced to do when they're an illegal monopoly*.
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-ftc-lawsuit-antitrust-1b91bf8026cc3edf81e817cf8596c4bf
Periodic reminder:
Once installed:
* Menu button
* Add-ons and themes
* Find more add-ons box: "ublock origin" [Enter]
* uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill
* Add to Firefox
Every Web browser sucks, but at least use one *not* designed to let everyone track you & install malware & fake warnings urging you to call 1-800-FLEECE-ME to remove extended car warranty viruses.
Chrome is designed to let google spy on you in order to serve behavioural ads. So it should be no wonder third parties are using it to inject malware into your devices. The only reason these are "exploits" is because someone other than Google, the world's largest advertising company, is using them.
I really miss the Web 1.0 days, when websites assumed you meant exactly what you said or only *offered* corrections for ambiguous potential mistakes.
Today in "stop reinventing HTML poorly & stupidly in JavaScript":
Using the Avast Uninstall Tool | Official Avast Support
https://support.avast.com/en-us/article/Uninstall-Antivirus-Utility/
Speaking of LLMs as the enshittification du jour, the lawyer who had ChatGPT do his homework for him: https://futurism.com/the-byte/lawyer-chatgpt-court
Depressingly got away with it via a punishment a lot less severe than the disbarment he deserved: https://futurism.com/the-byte/lawyer-chatgpt-slap-wrist
All this does is perpetuate the soul-destroying bullshit's appearance as the new hype.
This isn't the future I was promised.
In the Press right now:
"All Those NFTs Are Officially Worthless" → https://kotaku.com/nft-meaning-scam-crypto-marketplace-price-bored-ape-1850860661
"Your NFTs Are Actually — Finally — Totally Worthless" → https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/nfts-worthless-researchers-find-1234828767/
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