yes, I am getting closer and closer to reaching this conclusion, may as well simply leave the internet altogether. The Fediverse is pretty much the only good thing keeping me here.

Reading about Google’s proactive involvement with the IOF in Gaza is truly sickening.

I'm never getting Android for PC, not even in a virtual box. Thankfully I use a different search engine.

Reflashing Chromebooks to Debian is so rewarding

Is this a bad use of so-called AI? Yes. Is this illegal? I'm going to say no. One of the reasons why Google tried this is because in various markets they've been dragged to court or coerced to fund news initiatives because they used snippets from publishers in their search results word-for-word. A not insignificant number of publishers has been lobbying pretty hard against them for giving you their headline and a couple of phrases as a snippet. Those publishers are dumb if you ask me but they were able to bend laws to their will and limit the usefulness of the link, the cornerstone of the internet. So you can sort of understand their motivation why they would try this. And it was only a test from what I've heard. So bash Google for all the truly evil shit they're up to. This issue is dumb but not really worth the outrage.