Ed Zitron

And there can be good people. There can be good boys and girls and others. There can be plenty of people that make good products and get great press for it. But do you really think Meta, Google, Apple to an extent, frankly, do you think Amazon looks good right now? Do you think it's easy to find stuff or do you think it's slop, full of more slop?

And there can be good people. There can be good boys and girls and others. There can be plenty of people that make good products and get great press for it. But do you really think Meta, Google, Apple to an extent, frankly, do you think Amazon looks good right now? Do you think it's easy to find stuff or do you think it's slop, full of more slop?

And there can be good people. There can be good boys and girls and others. There can be plenty of people that make good products and get great press for it. But do you really think Meta, Google, Apple to an extent, frankly, do you think Amazon looks good right now? Do you think it's easy to find stuff or do you think it's slop, full of more slop?

Mark Zuckerberg said on an earnings call the other day that he intends there to be an AI-specific slop feed. That should... These are harmful things. This is... Pouring vats of oil into rivers and then getting told you're the best boy in town. These companies, they're poisoning the digital world and they must be held accountable for the damage they're causing. Readers are already aware.

Mark Zuckerberg said on an earnings call the other day that he intends there to be an AI-specific slop feed. That should... These are harmful things. This is... Pouring vats of oil into rivers and then getting told you're the best boy in town. These companies, they're poisoning the digital world and they must be held accountable for the damage they're causing. Readers are already aware.

Mark Zuckerberg said on an earnings call the other day that he intends there to be an AI-specific slop feed. That should... These are harmful things. This is... Pouring vats of oil into rivers and then getting told you're the best boy in town. These companies, they're poisoning the digital world and they must be held accountable for the damage they're causing. Readers are already aware.

But are and... This is really thanks to members of the media, by the way. They're gaslighting themselves into believing that, oh, I just don't keep up with technology. It's getting away from me. I'm not technical enough to use this.

But are and... This is really thanks to members of the media, by the way. They're gaslighting themselves into believing that, oh, I just don't keep up with technology. It's getting away from me. I'm not technical enough to use this.

But are and... This is really thanks to members of the media, by the way. They're gaslighting themselves into believing that, oh, I just don't keep up with technology. It's getting away from me. I'm not technical enough to use this.

When the thing that they don't get, that the average person doesn't get, is that the tech industry has built legions of obfuscations, legions of legal tricks, and these horrible little user interface traps specifically made to trick you into doing things, to make the experience kind of subordinate to getting the money off of you. And I think that this is one of the biggest issues in society.

When the thing that they don't get, that the average person doesn't get, is that the tech industry has built legions of obfuscations, legions of legal tricks, and these horrible little user interface traps specifically made to trick you into doing things, to make the experience kind of subordinate to getting the money off of you. And I think that this is one of the biggest issues in society.

When the thing that they don't get, that the average person doesn't get, is that the tech industry has built legions of obfuscations, legions of legal tricks, and these horrible little user interface traps specifically made to trick you into doing things, to make the experience kind of subordinate to getting the money off of you. And I think that this is one of the biggest issues in society.

And yes, of course, I'm biased. I'm doing a podcast about tech. But for real, though, billions of people use smartphones. Billions of people are on the computer every day. It's how we do everything. And it stinks. It stinks so bad. This is the rot economy. We're in the rot society. But things can change. And for them to change, it has to start with the information sources.

And yes, of course, I'm biased. I'm doing a podcast about tech. But for real, though, billions of people use smartphones. Billions of people are on the computer every day. It's how we do everything. And it stinks. It stinks so bad. This is the rot economy. We're in the rot society. But things can change. And for them to change, it has to start with the information sources.

And yes, of course, I'm biased. I'm doing a podcast about tech. But for real, though, billions of people use smartphones. Billions of people are on the computer every day. It's how we do everything. And it stinks. It stinks so bad. This is the rot economy. We're in the rot society. But things can change. And for them to change, it has to start with the information sources.

And that starts with journalism. And the work has already begun and will continue. But it must scale up and it must do so quickly. And you, the user, have the power. Learn to read a privacy policy. And the link there is to the Washington Post. Yes, there are plenty of great reporters there. Fuck Bezos. You can move to Signal, which is an encrypted messaging app that works on just about everything.

And that starts with journalism. And the work has already begun and will continue. But it must scale up and it must do so quickly. And you, the user, have the power. Learn to read a privacy policy. And the link there is to the Washington Post. Yes, there are plenty of great reporters there. Fuck Bezos. You can move to Signal, which is an encrypted messaging app that works on just about everything.

And that starts with journalism. And the work has already begun and will continue. But it must scale up and it must do so quickly. And you, the user, have the power. Learn to read a privacy policy. And the link there is to the Washington Post. Yes, there are plenty of great reporters there. Fuck Bezos. You can move to Signal, which is an encrypted messaging app that works on just about everything.

Get a service like Delete.me. And by the way, I pay for it. I worked for them like four years ago. I have no financial relationship with them. but they're great for removing you from data brokers. Molly White, who's a dear friend of mine, and even better right, you might remember her from one of the early episodes about Wikipedia.

Get a service like Delete.me. And by the way, I pay for it. I worked for them like four years ago. I have no financial relationship with them. but they're great for removing you from data brokers. Molly White, who's a dear friend of mine, and even better right, you might remember her from one of the early episodes about Wikipedia.