While Chrome, Edge, and others race to add AI features, alternative browser Vivaldi has other plans. Its leader says users overwhelmingly feel the same about AI: “Hell no!”
I mean, I’m not a programmer, and I have no products, but…I needed a win in my life, and if I get a W by pledging not to do things I wasn’t going to do anyways? I’ll take it!
In a lot of cases I find that the more recent tech comes out, the more I don’t want it. It’s kinda nice when something that works, just keeps working and isn’t trying to integrate everything new for no reason.
Yeah, I miss the late 00s, when every new tech release was actually fun and exciting. Now it’s just “we increased a few specs and shoehorned in an ai feature that no one actually wants”
I’ve been struggling with this shift too. Tech used to game changing ideas for people, now it’s sole purpose is a vehicle for corporate profits. Tech used to be an exciting Wild West of crazy new ideas and new ways to be creative or play or communicate and share with friends or do less work. Now consumer focused tech is just minor evolutions of current tech launched with billion dollar marketing campaigns, corporate traps to lock you into app addictions or various subscriptions to see stock price increase 0.1%. And I don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel.
It doesn’t help anything, but I’ve started finding the remaining or recreated web 1.0 corners of the internet. Like creating a gopher hole and joining a pubnix server. Something about being nice to not have the modern internet always trying to track me or sell me something. Dunno.
It’s really funny that the bold stance in tech now is essentially, “hey, we won’t fuck with our product.”
Vivaldi putting up a W by pledging to simply not do anything. It’s that easy.
Mozilla should really take note. For all that talk about ethics - more than a whole manifesto worth - they really would rather reject the easy W.
I too pledge not to put AI in your life!
I mean, I’m not a programmer, and I have no products, but…I needed a win in my life, and if I get a W by pledging not to do things I wasn’t going to do anyways? I’ll take it!
I also pledge not to eat unhealthy today.
…I might break that one actually. We’ll see.
Just like that, you get a W!
In a lot of cases I find that the more recent tech comes out, the more I don’t want it. It’s kinda nice when something that works, just keeps working and isn’t trying to integrate everything new for no reason.
Yeah, I miss the late 00s, when every new tech release was actually fun and exciting. Now it’s just “we increased a few specs and shoehorned in an ai feature that no one actually wants”
I’ve been struggling with this shift too. Tech used to game changing ideas for people, now it’s sole purpose is a vehicle for corporate profits. Tech used to be an exciting Wild West of crazy new ideas and new ways to be creative or play or communicate and share with friends or do less work. Now consumer focused tech is just minor evolutions of current tech launched with billion dollar marketing campaigns, corporate traps to lock you into app addictions or various subscriptions to see stock price increase 0.1%. And I don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel.
It doesn’t help anything, but I’ve started finding the remaining or recreated web 1.0 corners of the internet. Like creating a gopher hole and joining a pubnix server. Something about being nice to not have the modern internet always trying to track me or sell me something. Dunno.