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Here's what we do. We all stop buying.
Stop buying what?
Yes.
Stop.
Line goes down until they stop.
They're bundling AI into everything, from operating systems to office software. No one is buying anything when they're forcing it down our throats in things we already own.
There's this service if you don't care about exclusively using open source alternatives, and this one if you do.
The options are out there. They're not always a 1:1 to the paid software, but they are out there.
Yes but we still have choices. We have to ditch them altogether. Get rid of operating systems you don’t have control over. Dump services for alternatives that give users the choice.
They exist and are out there. It will be difficult but if we don’t change our habits, nothing will ever change.
If boycotts actually worked, we wouldn't have these sorts of problems in the first place.
"Just don't buy it" is a cancerous thought-terminating cliche, not a solution!