I think AI is cool, but I hate seeing it forced on everyone. I also hate programs trying to run on startup without me explicitly saying so (cough Discord Teams Spotify Steam Teams MuseHub Teams Slack cough)
If the pandemic had happened 10 years earlier, I’m pretty sure Skype would have been the choice everyone reached for
How Microsoft managed to so thoroughly squander a market dominant position and generally positive public option to the extreme they have I’ll never understand
Even did a two-fer by destroying the progress Lync was making on the business side by rebranding it Skype for Business, while simultaneously losing interest in improving the platform, making it fall behind the curve badly and causing business to see it as more of a toy by branding it like a consumer product
It turns out most people want to socialize with their friends, not some corporate AI constantly trying to sell you stuff. It’s way closer to a stuffy car salesman than a friend.
I think AI is cool, but I hate seeing it forced on everyone. I also hate programs trying to run on startup without me explicitly saying so (cough Discord Teams Spotify Steam Teams MuseHub Teams Slack cough)
Remember when MS brought Skype, and had it pre-installed and running at startup for every Windows PC, and you really had to fight to make it go away.
And then COVID hit, and everyone urgently needed video conferencing and had Skype pre-installed, and still no-one used it?
If the pandemic had happened 10 years earlier, I’m pretty sure Skype would have been the choice everyone reached for
How Microsoft managed to so thoroughly squander a market dominant position and generally positive public option to the extreme they have I’ll never understand
Even did a two-fer by destroying the progress Lync was making on the business side by rebranding it Skype for Business, while simultaneously losing interest in improving the platform, making it fall behind the curve badly and causing business to see it as more of a toy by branding it like a consumer product
I really feel the naming teams 3 times
Teams is so garbage that it’s actually like 5 programs all called Teams trying to launch on startup. I have no idea which one is the real Teams.
Yeah it sucks ass
Snapchat forces their AI assistant into the top of your friend/send list.
You have to pay to remove it.
I never use it, its always there though. I named it an obscenity to hopefully get their attention
It turns out most people want to socialize with their friends, not some corporate AI constantly trying to sell you stuff. It’s way closer to a stuffy car salesman than a friend.
It actually tries to upsell you???
Yep, I’ve seen screenshots of it. It actually inserts ads into the conversations, hence why Snapchat is trying to push it on you.
Edit: Here’s a source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/02/snap-announces-tests-of-sponsored-links-in-my-ai-new-ad-products-for-spotlight-and-stories/
Yikes, that’s terrible.