▲ 184 ▼ None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway (conspirator0.substack.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 0xtero@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Our AI-generated future is going to be fantastic. Archive link, so you don't have to visit Substack: https://archive.is/hJIWk
[–] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) They have sold two 'tiers' of kindles for awhile, the one with ads on the lock screen is discounted. It's not my favorite thing but iirc the lock screen is supposed to be the only place with ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago Yes, and in fairness to them that's how it has been. The ads are only for stuff sold on the kindle store too, so not like you're seeing ads for hot singles in your area or some shit on your kindle. It's only now that the store is flooded with this AI garbage that the ads have become annoying. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Librerian@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago I believe you're right. However, if memory serves, the ads did change occasionally, meaning the screen had to refresh, leading to increased battery usage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago Yes, and in fairness to them that's how it has been. The ads are only for stuff sold on the kindle store too, so not like you're seeing ads for hot singles in your area or some shit on your kindle. It's only now that the store is flooded with this AI garbage that the ads have become annoying. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Librerian@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago I believe you're right. However, if memory serves, the ads did change occasionally, meaning the screen had to refresh, leading to increased battery usage. permalink fedilink source parent