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@nixcraft
Aug 1, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
All this dram around teenagers' app is mind-blowing

The Indian government banned TikTok, and they lost over 200m users.

Microsoft rumoured that they want to buy TikTok.

The US government wants to ban TikTok.

I can't wait to see the next twist in TikTok saga.
Meanwhile, Google is working on "Youtube Shorts" video service based on YouTube for sharing short clips. If anyone can monetize this service, it is going to be Google. Rest, including Microsoft, has no idea how to deal with that stuff.
The year is 2025, and Google announced the shutdown of Youtube shorts. lol.
2 things I learned from TikTok saga so far

1 The user's private data is the new gold

2 Any adverse publicity is good

PS: Teenagers don't care about anything, and they will move on to the next big app. TikTok will be left as cam models revenue source just like Snapchat lol

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Heads up: Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out. If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.Image
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If I worked for Microsoft, OpenAI, or any other predatory AI company, I would be ashamed to admit it to all of you and my friends/family. These third-rate companies trick people into giving away their *personal data*, and despite having trillions in assets, they can't afford to pay out for AI training. I'm really glad I don't work for them. I would rather choose a horrible death from illness and die than work for these companies.
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I am still experiencing rate limit errors. I plan on upgrading to Blue, but this sucks. As a content creator, it is vital for me to reach a broader audience. This approach is not working. What's next? Will YouTube restrict video views to two per day?
Will GitHub limit git clone to only three repositories per day? What about those p0rn sites? Reddit canceled API & 3rd party Apps. Twitter limits. You can't view IG or FB posts without logging into it.
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Gmail started as a limited beta release on April 1, 2004. Many thought unlimited storage and Gmail was an April fools day joke from Google. It is now believed that Gmail had 1.5 billion active users worldwide. Gmail was one of the early Web 2.0. The rest is history.
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Before that, we had horrible Yahoo and Hotmail accounts with 2 MB or 5 MB email quota. My ISP had an email system like username@bom3.vnsn.net.in ;)
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