[freeAgent]

This sort of stuff continues to ramp up as everyone rushes to train LLMs while governments are pushing for ID verification that would make it impossible to use the web (or even one's own computer) anonymously. It's a very dark time for anyone who cares whatsoever about privacy or digital sovereignty.

[rdevilla]

Nonsense, I have it on good authority that the old internet sans LLM surveillance capitalism is still alive and well. You just stopped going there.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589055

[pixelmelt]

And so did everyone else, making it... Dead? If you've got some good alternative communities then do tell!