▲ 232 ▼ Meta is planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount (www.reuters.com) submitted 7 months ago by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archive link: https://archive.ph/i8fLH
[–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 28 points 7 months ago (8 children) Also we shout stop to buy us tech producs completly. https://www.goeuropean.org/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world [S] 9 points 7 months ago Agreed! There are lots of excellent EU-based alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (3 children) EU is going down the same path. The "EU alternative" stuff is just bogus. It's just a matter of time before EU starts doing the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago Chat Control comes to mind. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago Us tech is on a completely different level evil wise. Maybe it gets worse but in the moment EU tech is much less evil. Just listen to what the openai ceo says in interviews. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chasteinsect@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago EU is going down the same path. The “EU alternative” stuff is just bogus. It’s just a matter of time before EU starts doing the same. It's not bogus if you are yourself European or if the alternative is Big Tech. But I feel you. There are lots of shitty European companies that are not that much better. I avoided the switch to Spotify because even though they are "European" they gave a lot of money to Joe Rogan and to Trump on his inauguration. Also, the EU did recently reject the chat control proposal so at least that's something... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) Honest question: which euro alternatives do you recommend for mail, cloud? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago I use infomaniak permalink fedilink source parent [–] calebegg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago Proton mail is swiss and is great. If by cloud you mean cloud storage it also has proton drive; if you mean aws, I don't know though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world [S] 9 points 7 months ago Agreed! There are lots of excellent EU-based alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (3 children) EU is going down the same path. The "EU alternative" stuff is just bogus. It's just a matter of time before EU starts doing the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago Chat Control comes to mind. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago Us tech is on a completely different level evil wise. Maybe it gets worse but in the moment EU tech is much less evil. Just listen to what the openai ceo says in interviews. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chasteinsect@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago EU is going down the same path. The “EU alternative” stuff is just bogus. It’s just a matter of time before EU starts doing the same. It's not bogus if you are yourself European or if the alternative is Big Tech. But I feel you. There are lots of shitty European companies that are not that much better. I avoided the switch to Spotify because even though they are "European" they gave a lot of money to Joe Rogan and to Trump on his inauguration. Also, the EU did recently reject the chat control proposal so at least that's something... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago Us tech is on a completely different level evil wise. Maybe it gets worse but in the moment EU tech is much less evil. Just listen to what the openai ceo says in interviews. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chasteinsect@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago EU is going down the same path. The “EU alternative” stuff is just bogus. It’s just a matter of time before EU starts doing the same. It's not bogus if you are yourself European or if the alternative is Big Tech. But I feel you. There are lots of shitty European companies that are not that much better. I avoided the switch to Spotify because even though they are "European" they gave a lot of money to Joe Rogan and to Trump on his inauguration. Also, the EU did recently reject the chat control proposal so at least that's something... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) Honest question: which euro alternatives do you recommend for mail, cloud? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago I use infomaniak permalink fedilink source parent [–] calebegg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago Proton mail is swiss and is great. If by cloud you mean cloud storage it also has proton drive; if you mean aws, I don't know though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] calebegg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago Proton mail is swiss and is great. If by cloud you mean cloud storage it also has proton drive; if you mean aws, I don't know though. permalink fedilink source parent