Ed Zitron

There's this extremely common assumption in the tech media, based on what I'm really not sure, that these companies are all doing a good job, and that good job means having lots of users and making lots of money, and it drives tons of editorial decision-making.

There's this extremely common assumption in the tech media, based on what I'm really not sure, that these companies are all doing a good job, and that good job means having lots of users and making lots of money, and it drives tons of editorial decision-making.

If three-quarters of the biggest car manufacturers were making record profits by making half of their cars at a break that sometimes didn't work, that'd be international news. Government inquiries would happen. People would go to prison. And this isn't even conjecture. It actually happened.

If three-quarters of the biggest car manufacturers were making record profits by making half of their cars at a break that sometimes didn't work, that'd be international news. Government inquiries would happen. People would go to prison. And this isn't even conjecture. It actually happened.

If three-quarters of the biggest car manufacturers were making record profits by making half of their cars at a break that sometimes didn't work, that'd be international news. Government inquiries would happen. People would go to prison. And this isn't even conjecture. It actually happened.

After Volkswagen was caught deliberately programming its engines to only meet emission standards during laboratory testing, they were left to spew excessive pollution into the real world. But once lawmakers found out, they responded with civil and criminal action. The executives and engineers responsible were indicted. One received seven years in jail.

After Volkswagen was caught deliberately programming its engines to only meet emission standards during laboratory testing, they were left to spew excessive pollution into the real world. But once lawmakers found out, they responded with civil and criminal action. The executives and engineers responsible were indicted. One received seven years in jail.

After Volkswagen was caught deliberately programming its engines to only meet emission standards during laboratory testing, they were left to spew excessive pollution into the real world. But once lawmakers found out, they responded with civil and criminal action. The executives and engineers responsible were indicted. One received seven years in jail.

And their former CEO is currently being tried in Germany and being indicted in the U.S. too. And here we are in the tech industry. Facebook barely works, used to genocides and bully people and harass teen girls. Pedophiles run rampant on there. There was a Wall Street Journal story about it. They're fine.

And their former CEO is currently being tried in Germany and being indicted in the U.S. too. And here we are in the tech industry. Facebook barely works, used to genocides and bully people and harass teen girls. Pedophiles run rampant on there. There was a Wall Street Journal story about it. They're fine.

And their former CEO is currently being tried in Germany and being indicted in the U.S. too. And here we are in the tech industry. Facebook barely works, used to genocides and bully people and harass teen girls. Pedophiles run rampant on there. There was a Wall Street Journal story about it. They're fine.

So much of the tech industry, consumer software like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and even chat GPT, and business software from companies like Microsoft and Slack, It sucks. It sucks. It's bad. You use it every day. You've been listening to me ramble for 50 episodes now. You know what I'm talking about. It's everywhere. Yet the media covers it just like, eh, you know, it's just how things are, mate.

So much of the tech industry, consumer software like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and even chat GPT, and business software from companies like Microsoft and Slack, It sucks. It sucks. It's bad. You use it every day. You've been listening to me ramble for 50 episodes now. You know what I'm talking about. It's everywhere. Yet the media covers it just like, eh, you know, it's just how things are, mate.

So much of the tech industry, consumer software like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and even chat GPT, and business software from companies like Microsoft and Slack, It sucks. It sucks. It's bad. You use it every day. You've been listening to me ramble for 50 episodes now. You know what I'm talking about. It's everywhere. Yet the media covers it just like, eh, you know, it's just how things are, mate.

Now, Meta, by the admission of its own internal documents, makes products that are ruinous to the mental health of teenage girls. And it hasn't made any substantial changes as a result, nor has it received any significant pushback for failing to do so. Little bit of a side note here. Big shout out to Jeff Horwitz and the rest of the Wall Street Journal people who did the Facebook files.

Now, Meta, by the admission of its own internal documents, makes products that are ruinous to the mental health of teenage girls. And it hasn't made any substantial changes as a result, nor has it received any significant pushback for failing to do so. Little bit of a side note here. Big shout out to Jeff Horwitz and the rest of the Wall Street Journal people who did the Facebook files.

Now, Meta, by the admission of its own internal documents, makes products that are ruinous to the mental health of teenage girls. And it hasn't made any substantial changes as a result, nor has it received any significant pushback for failing to do so. Little bit of a side note here. Big shout out to Jeff Horwitz and the rest of the Wall Street Journal people who did the Facebook files.

There are our legacy media people doing a good job on this. Nevertheless, Meta exercises this reckless disregard for public safety, kind of like the auto industry in the 60s. And that was when Ralph Nader wrote Unsafe at Any Speed. And his book, it actually brought about change.

There are our legacy media people doing a good job on this. Nevertheless, Meta exercises this reckless disregard for public safety, kind of like the auto industry in the 60s. And that was when Ralph Nader wrote Unsafe at Any Speed. And his book, it actually brought about change.

There are our legacy media people doing a good job on this. Nevertheless, Meta exercises this reckless disregard for public safety, kind of like the auto industry in the 60s. And that was when Ralph Nader wrote Unsafe at Any Speed. And his book, it actually brought about change.