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[–] helmet91@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is quite a shitty way of portraying these technologies.

Uber/Grab might be banned by some countries, but I'm sure as hell I'll never take a traditional taxi. They haven't earned my trust, while Uber and such allow reviewing the drivers, and the driver wouldn't think of scamming you. (Generally speaking.)

For longer stays I wouldn't book a hotel room because it lacks basic facilities like microwave, cutleries, washing machine, etc.

Blockchain itself is a great thing, it could be definitely useful for something. Cryptocurrencies, however, are indeed evil. Toy money for criminals.

AI tools are useful for many things. Plagiarism is just one (ab)usecase. There are tons of other things that you can achieve with it while not committing plagiarism.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're right in all except crypto. It's not just criminals. It's privacy. I prefer paying cash outside to remain anonymous. Why should i give my data for free to a company just because i needed toilet-paper. And CC is the cash for the internet. Just not as widely accepted as cash is (in most countries)

[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not even really private unless you're using Monero similar (which you can't buy on most exchanges for that very reason). Most CC blockchains are entirely public ledgers that are very thoroughly mapped out by government agencies and by private companies looking to monetize the data.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah i know. But i know stuff is as private as it could be. If need be, i could even go to an atm-kinda-thingie here and trade cash for some CC. Totally anonymous. But everything is better (in regard of privacy) than using a credit/debit/whatever-card.

Of course it's - privacy considering - stupid to buy CC on some major (American even) platform with paypal or my other fiat-cards.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Wilibus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Totally read this in the Mario voice.