With the pretense, facades, and myths we’ve all lived with for some time being stripped away in most areas of our lives, we’re also beginning to see more and more folks finally calling things like they actually see them.
Just a quick post here to highlight Elizabeth Lopatto’s epic Verge post called Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai Are Cowards. She’s talking about the fact that Elon Musk’s X social network is still up on both app stores as of this writing, given that he’s not only allowing deepfake porn, which violates guidelines on both app store platforms, but in some bizarre twist of reality, somehow paying to post that kind of heinous crap apparently should ameliorate any concerns.
The bottom line has always been the bottom line and knows no morality when it comes to shoring it up. There’s no new bottom here, just the same old greedy capitalistic depravity.
Just remember allowing this to continue is essentially working as a pimp. I don’t care what your business model is, that’s the business you’re in.
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Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3 