Analysis - Artificial intelligence-enabled cameras on billboards, in bus windshields, on petrol station forecourts and in the checkout at the supermarket - all these are here, or about to be.
The IRS recently released free filing so people don’t have to go through a company! They aren’t doing automatic assessments like us but are at least making progress on that front.
With the whole surveillance capitalism thing, there’s a massive push among the kind of people who hang out on Lemmy to get away from big tech. Once the alternatives are polished enough I think we’ll see migration of people to new platforms. Personally I have extended family who would be happy to get off Facebook but there is no alternative I can seriously suggest. A federated Facebook alternative Friendica exists, but there is no way it could be a replacement. You can’t even post a video in a seamless way, your best option is to upload to YouTube which is way too many steps for the average person.
There are some alternative companies making great progress but there’s a long way to go.
I’ve found it impossible to even get my family off Whats App, let alone facebook. When I first opened my facebook account the only people I could add were my online American friends because no one here seemed to have heard of it. So I guess I was part of the problem. Am trying to spread awareness of the Fediverse so hopefully that will balance out my karma!
I think you’re right, so many of us do aspire to get away from social media surveillance and we will eventually have an ecosystem. Thank you for your part in it!😀
The IRS recently released free filing so people don’t have to go through a company! They aren’t doing automatic assessments like us but are at least making progress on that front.
With the whole surveillance capitalism thing, there’s a massive push among the kind of people who hang out on Lemmy to get away from big tech. Once the alternatives are polished enough I think we’ll see migration of people to new platforms. Personally I have extended family who would be happy to get off Facebook but there is no alternative I can seriously suggest. A federated Facebook alternative Friendica exists, but there is no way it could be a replacement. You can’t even post a video in a seamless way, your best option is to upload to YouTube which is way too many steps for the average person.
There are some alternative companies making great progress but there’s a long way to go.
That’s huge for them on the tax front!
I really love how our IRD now gets bank data.
I’ve found it impossible to even get my family off Whats App, let alone facebook. When I first opened my facebook account the only people I could add were my online American friends because no one here seemed to have heard of it. So I guess I was part of the problem. Am trying to spread awareness of the Fediverse so hopefully that will balance out my karma!
I think you’re right, so many of us do aspire to get away from social media surveillance and we will eventually have an ecosystem. Thank you for your part in it!😀