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this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
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How about stop forcing it on us?
Use DuckDuckGo. Like most giant corporations, the only thing they'll respond to is less users/money.
Obligatory "DDG is Bing without Microsoft's tracking." Just calling a spade a spade.
"But we're like 2-3 years away from creating a truly sentient AGI, which will be like E.V.A, that Junkmetalman had in his robosuit in The Revengers vs. Purple Malthusianist Guy 3: Juggernaut! Didn't you like E.V.A and her sarcastic jokes?"
how about stop supporting them in any way, stop using their products, stop pretending they care about anything other than how to better prostitute themselves, given that it is literally illegal for them to do anything but "increase value for stockholders". They chose to sell themselves into slavery, literally.
how about reorienting towards the actual problem, your legal system
FYI I think the "illegal to do anything but increase value for stockholders" is no longer true. IIRC, it was just one ruling and other rulings since have negated it. I'll try to update with more deets later.
Update, it was never true: https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/16/what-are-corporations-obligations-to-shareholders/corporations-dont-have-to-maximize-profits