▲ 917 ▼ Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman (www.theguardian.com) submitted 8 months ago by Womble@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman
[–] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago (2 children) I should have been angrier about tech when I was 5. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 16 points 8 months ago Never too late. the idea that it's past time only benefits the big tech We can stop using their services, move to open source, stay with older hardware (so that they don't get money from us) and promote the few open hardware projects permalink fedilink source parent [–] otacon239@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Exactly what I was thinking. If I were to be angry enough about this when it actually mattered and I could have steered the boat, I was way too young too even see that it was happening. Not to say I don’t actively pursue and promote OSS all the time, but I feel like the impact is so much more minimal than it could have been. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morto@piefed.social 16 points 8 months ago Never too late. the idea that it's past time only benefits the big tech We can stop using their services, move to open source, stay with older hardware (so that they don't get money from us) and promote the few open hardware projects permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Exactly what I was thinking. If I were to be angry enough about this when it actually mattered and I could have steered the boat, I was way too young too even see that it was happening. Not to say I don’t actively pursue and promote OSS all the time, but I feel like the impact is so much more minimal than it could have been. permalink fedilink source parent