The population (especially the younger generation, who never seen a different kind of technology at all) is being conditioned by the tech industry to accept that software should behave like an unreliable, manipulative human rather than a precise, predictable machine. They’re learning that you can’t simply tell a computer “I’m not interested” and expect it to respect that choice. Instead, you must engage in a perpetual dance of “not now, please” - only to face the same prompts again and again.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    I understand that it’s not the “YouTube program” having its own agency and making this decision - it’s the team behind it, driven by engagement metrics and growth targets. But does the average user understand this distinction?

    Yes.

    What a stupid question. Does the author think that people believe televisions want to sell them things too?