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[-] ACcool@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

"The secret ingredient is crime". ~Super Hans

[-] brewery@feddit.uk 27 points 3 days ago

How about

  • reinventing trains but worse
  • rocketing amount of space launches filling up junk
  • we deliver everything but once we take over it'll all be crap rip off products (for slave wages)
  • we deliver any food by people who can't drive (for slave wages)
  • we'll create algorithms to enforce society divisions and hurt mental health of children
  • we'll take over a popular platform and make it even more disgusting and fascist
[-] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 160 points 4 days ago

Personally I'd say every single product and service being transparently wrapped in a personal information honeypot

[-] weimaraner_of_doom@piefed.social 115 points 4 days ago

Just give me your ID bro. It's totally to protect the kids bro.

[-] g_blob@programming.dev 106 points 4 days ago

I like those note-taking apps that require my location for a better user experience

[-] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 days ago

What do you mean you don't want location tags in your notes?

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[-] buycurious@lemmy.world 109 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

In case someone needs help:

Uber/Lyft

Airbnb

Bitcoin/Crypotocurrency

ChatGPT/LLMs

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 77 points 4 days ago

Because you have 2/4 general terms:

  1. Rideshare
  2. Short term rentals
  3. Crypto
  4. LLM
[-] exu@feditown.com 66 points 4 days ago

Cryptocurrency not Cryptography to disambiguate again

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Cryptozoology? I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE FUCKING BIGFOOT!!!

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[-] kevincox@lemmy.ml 38 points 4 days ago

"Rideshare" is also the least accurate term used to dodge regulations. It is just a taxi/cab. You are paying someone to get you from one place to another. They aren't sharing their ride, they were never going where you are going before you told them to.

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[-] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 days ago

"Exploiting immigrants to deliver food"

[-] acantharea@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Wait till you learn about their latest innovation!

Exploiting individuals from other countries to bypass labor laws in the country of business operation via distributed outsourcing. Why even pay minimum wage in the US?

[-] Wilco@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

Hmmm ... the technology that is literally driving people insane so a few investors can make advertising money

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

"We're living in the future. I'll tell you how I know. I read it in the paper. Fifteen years ago."

[-] weimaraner_of_doom@piefed.social 63 points 4 days ago

Forgot "Glorified Pump-&-Dump scheme" (NFT's)

[-] bisby@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

NFTs are basically Bitcoin and fall under fake money for criminals.

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[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 55 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I personally hate the "thanks to AI you now can speak to your dead relatives" ones. Especially those ones which try to spin it like a personal story for the developer of the app. Oh shut up, you would sell your own mother for money. And also you are too late to jump on that bandwagon so get lost, we have enough of you leeches.

[-] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

Literally the exact plot of a black mirror episode.

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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Where's "video games that you never actually own, but at least you pay to beat them"?

Where's "removal of a common phone feature, because if you don't buy a $528 external DAC and a $9164 planar headphones, you'll be okay with a pair of raycons"?

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[-] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Don't forget about the tech/government surveillence state that is all up in your ass

[-] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago

Need to add illegal gambling to the list

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[-] MoffKalast@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

The Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus.

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

It so happens that stuff useful for criminals is sometimes also useful for political dissidents or simply people who consider the country's laws too oppressive. Encrypted communication is another example of this.

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[-] finkrat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Having watched enough Kitboga I think we're underestimating the impact of the sheer joy and catharsis fake money for criminals ends up causing

[-] CoryCoolguy@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 3 days ago

These results are so backwards. Does literally anyone feel bad for the legal cab companies? lol

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Just because the legal system is bad doesn't make an illegal system better. You fix the legal problem.

"I can't find a cab doesn't mean the solution is unregulated gig workers.
"Don't worry if an independent contractor rapes you, just give him 1 star and the free market will fix the problem."

Think of how much money Starbucks would save if they made their employees provide their own coffee machines, beans and paper cups. That's where it's going.

[-] SCmSTR 7 points 3 days ago

Profits are higher than ever before! (For the companies, not the workers)

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[-] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

About cab companies, not really. Often times they operate as a cartel. But they do have better working conditions for drivers and less precariousness

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