No, I think the "forced" stuff is like when someone argues to you that "X is the future, so you have to get on board with X". You ask, "How do you know X is the future? Are you clairvoyant? Or are you just hoping to make X the future by insisting it has to be, even when it doesn't?"
Judging by the Meta read JVL recommended, Meta is trying…
No, I think the "forced" stuff is like when someone argues to you that "X is the future, so you have to get on board with X". You ask, "How do you know X is the future? Are you clairvoyant? Or are you just hoping to make X the future by insisting it has to be, even when it doesn't?"
Judging by the Meta read JVL recommended, Meta is trying to do that to its own employees. "Meta is the future!" "No, it's not! We don't even like using it!" "It's the future because Meta says it is!"
Thank you for the reply; this makes more sense to me.
It's easy for companies to try to coerce certain behaviors from their employees while on the clock, as Meta is ... it's another thing entirely (for now, at least) for them to try to do that with their customers. I say this as an early and enthusiastic user of email and the internet way back in the day who dislikes Alexa and similar gadgets and will never buy one.
There's a Weird Al song where he describes technology pranking you by buying you "a warehouse full of pink leotards". I figure that, with Alexa AND small children in the house, that might actually happen. So, no Alexa for the foreseeable future.
No, I think the "forced" stuff is like when someone argues to you that "X is the future, so you have to get on board with X". You ask, "How do you know X is the future? Are you clairvoyant? Or are you just hoping to make X the future by insisting it has to be, even when it doesn't?"
Judging by the Meta read JVL recommended, Meta is trying to do that to its own employees. "Meta is the future!" "No, it's not! We don't even like using it!" "It's the future because Meta says it is!"
Thank you for the reply; this makes more sense to me.
It's easy for companies to try to coerce certain behaviors from their employees while on the clock, as Meta is ... it's another thing entirely (for now, at least) for them to try to do that with their customers. I say this as an early and enthusiastic user of email and the internet way back in the day who dislikes Alexa and similar gadgets and will never buy one.
We have banned Alexa from our house.
There's a Weird Al song where he describes technology pranking you by buying you "a warehouse full of pink leotards". I figure that, with Alexa AND small children in the house, that might actually happen. So, no Alexa for the foreseeable future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvfD5rnkTws
And I don't like Siri, either. I told Siri this once, "Siri, you're an incompetent." She replied, "Searching the web for 'urine incontinence'."
How did I miss seeing that video?! Thank you for sharing; it brought me a big laugh, as did your Siri story.