And AI is a buzzword that englobes a variety statistical tools. Articles write AI to evoke generative tools in people minds, but very specialized tools are at work here.
I don't like how this discussion is going so I'm gonna clarify. I obviously think it is true that america has a very important role in current world "balance", especially as an ally of western europe.
However, I think your original post made several stereotypical shortcuts. In particular, I don't think that "democratic ideals" are something that only lives in western countries. Also, talking from France, I feel as many internal threats to this democracy as external ones and america seems to be in a rather similar spot, if not worse (the whole Trump thing).
The worse thing that could happen here would be to discourage people of being proud of their country, we will need it to have the will to improve things.
But what you are suggesting only works if you only communicate with people who use gpg-aware clients, right? I've done that for years but I was mostly only able to sign my emails because nobody cares.
But of course when using a provider like Proton you can only trust them to keep just encrypted data.
I subscribed to a pack for "most streaming services in my country" because I earn enough money now and wanted to try being honest. But I will very probably not renew it, I pay 50€/month, but still use Plex almost as often :
The web apps suck, the mobile ones are often worse (laggy, contrast changes while watching, lack of features ...)
Some shows are not available in a decent quality : in France we have Kaamelott, owned by Canal+, they probably made an intern upload the episodes so it's only available at 360p
They try to control what you watch : the "continue watching" section of Netflix has been randomly placed between line 1 and 4 for a while now, seemingly just to push their bulshit recommendation algorithms that will me watch yet another cheap copycat
Some "premium" movies are not part of any subscription (eg. Puss In Boots 2)
Some show may not be available anywhere when shady exclusivity contracts expire (eg. "Au service de la France" was only available through piracy last time a friend tried to watch it)
...
Sooooo ... I was ok with the services sucking but I can't be okay with them so obviously not trying to improve.
It's also incredible how I was pirating everything else when I was a teenager (video games, books, audio, ...) and managed to stop almost immediately when I received my first salary.
I'm not surprised so many would buy it, but it surprised we reached this number before the first reviews. That a brand new line of product and I'm not even sure what people will use it for 😶
On a more positive note, Facebook and XFormerlyKnowAsTwitter are not essential parts of the internet. You can choose to not use or care about them. It is much harder to not use NTP, and it's great that it is an open and comprehensible standard 👌
I suppose there are a lot of companies who would be glad to make you pay for their proprietary video standard, we would just pay for something formerly free 😟
And AI is a buzzword that englobes a variety statistical tools. Articles write AI to evoke generative tools in people minds, but very specialized tools are at work here.