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Maybe stop using AI bullshit?
This isn't really about AI, I'm more interested in dropping any company that wants to pick the side of oppression.
I do understand your point, just not an answer to my actual question.
My apologies. My reply wasn't helpful. If you don't mind I'd like to try again:
I wouldn't even bother with this exercise considering any large tech company is now pandering to the conservatives, and to Elon. Unless you want to give up literally all tech, I wouldn't bother. By design every company is selfish and I'm sure most CEOs are pieces of shit. Just use whatever services work for you and don't worry about it. If I had to boycott every company that was unethical, I'd have to grow my own food and generate my own electricity. It's just not practical.
It isn't easy. But it is possible. And yes sacrifices have to be made (as I respond using a cell phone because I can't function in society without one). The irony is not lost on me.
But I stopped eating meat that I didn't hunt or raise myself over 25 years ago. I spent years living in the woods using a second hand solar system that barely functioned. I've been growing as much food as I can for over 3 decades.
It is possible. But I don't expect everyone to make the same sacrifices that I have, and I do my best not to judge. But one of the biggest differences you can make in the world around you is who you support and who you give your money to.
Just shrugging your shoulders and saying 'oh well, it's easier to just go with the flow' is the opposite of solving the problem. I don't expect everyone to just live the way I do. But I do push those around me to think about the difference they could make by choosing alternatives.
Having a list of companies that support Musk is something I could use to help leverage others to make the first step in that direction.