Politicians have been largely able to convince that it's tech that it's evil, with their actions always being colored through a political lens, whether it's "helping pedophiles" or "spreading misinformation" or what have you.
The vassalization of these companies was imminent, and now, it is complete.
I don’t expect much from politicians, in my lifetime the political class has mostly seemed to be pretty nakedly self-serving.
I’m sad because so many of my personal heroes, the hackers I’ve admired, are just on board past any possible argument that it’s in the public welfare.
I learn in the same month that OpenAI is satisfying their voracious appetite for data with an NSA partnership as I do that the old-school FB infra braintrust is taking the money.
I’m embarrassed by all of this. I want to be remembered as part of something else.
The vassalization of these companies was imminent, and now, it is complete.