I think that's one of the things: it's hard enough to convince people to use Signal. It's probably not the best choice, but I can get (some) people to use it.

Sausages?

Just throwing out that they wanted $30b and got $11b: those are b's, not m's. It's shocking to think that $11b would not be enough to keep a company like OpenAI running.

A lot of what we're seeing is tacit leveling of absolutely insane numbers. OpenAI has doubtless a lot more wiggle room than they'll tell investors, and that's from someone who really wants this bubble to burst.

That said, if investors stop investing en masse, that's pretty much the burst. The product has literally never made money. There's a reason why Altman is desparate to control narrative, because it really is as fragile as "when the rich stop giving us money, there is nothing left". He needs to convince people to continue to take the risk.

Thanks, need to look into this.

Alternative messengers which are privacy focused or friendly?

I noticed you didn't list any.

Makes sense.

Voting people out: there's probably a reason you aren't voting for them, based on what they've done in office.

Voting people in: they have yet to prove they'll do what they say.

Only one of them is actually based on what the candidate has done in an official capacity, so the stakes are higher.

How would one even measure this quantitatively?

Empty words from a man who doesn't even seem to understand his own product.

This is letting perfection be the enemy of progress. Lots of complaints, but what realistic alternative is there?

Which media? I've never seen it off of Lemmy.

It's truly a puzzler. Almost like the media is bought and sold by the rich. But that can't be it. Right? Right?!