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Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal | WIRED (www.wired.com)
submitted 7 months ago by ekZepp to c/technology
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Members of the software developer community have reported deleting or altering their posts to prevent them from being used by OpenAI.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is something I have tried to convey since I came here when people are fantasising about the death of Reddit, I just couldn’t put it as eloquent as yourself.

I take the approach that me not using Reddit, or Amazon or whatever else is a choice I make so I can live with myself, and not that I believe it will have an impact.

I have alluded to this in previous comments in the past, that many of the choices I make actually negatively impact me more than the company I’m avoiding. Example: Not using WhatsApp means I can’t join group chats with friends as they won’t use signal as the things I care about, are meaningless to them. Or that I can’t find some items to buy except from on Amazon so I just won’t buy them etc.

All we can do is stick to our own morals and let others do as they will as it’s futile to make people care about the things we think they should.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I feel this. I'm well aware that if my partner wasn't on Facebook, we wouldn't have a social life. I HATE that fact, but that, sadly, is where people put their events. I don't think I'd join if she left, but I can't deny that I benefit from her being on the platform.

She won't leave until everybody else does, and they won't leave until everybody else does, and so nobody leaves. It's dystopian.