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[-] nerd_E7A8@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago

Am I the only one who read the title as "Youtube is the reason 80% programmers are not happy"?

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago

I mean... Not YouTube specifically but YouTube is representative of why us programmers are unhappy. The era of feeling like the tech industry and the internet are making the world better is over. All of them media platforms exist to co-opt our social interactions and replace them with ads for microwavable meals. They're spying on us, and for what? They control major elements of how we live out lives, and WHAT THE FUCK DO THEY EVEN GAIN? A lot of them are going bankrupt because it wasn't profitable. Their ads are less effective than the oldest forms of advertising. Ultimately, these platforms were about control, not about... Any other stated goal. And us programmer? We got tricked into thinking we were developing platforms to connect people and create a global culture of interconnectedness. Turns out we were building the infrastructure to implement genocide

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Replace Youtube with Meetings, and it's spot on!

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