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This is really the of stuff dystopian scifi.
A somewhat cliched saying comes to my mind when reading this article.
Hopefully, there will eventually be pushback against this techno-feudalism and oligarchy. For what it's worth this seems to always happen in history. Ruling elites (in our case oligarchs and their promoters; the media, economists, politicians) consolidate their power and start to become disconnected from reality.
As a side note, it's funny that AI-generated videos have themes of dystopia and rebellion against the system.
Just when we think it can’t get worse, some rich asshole has to laugh and say “Hold my beer and watch me enshittify even harder.”
A while ago a company patented a method using eye tracking to monitor whether TV watchers were paying attention to ads.
It can always get worse.
So wear sunglasses when watching tv. Got it.