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deepdwellingsteamboat

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silurisanguine

Linktree will be feeding your images with DALL-E, Open AI from 5th July 2026.

Warning to anyone using Linktree.

From the 5th July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI.

I deleted my account just now, because there was no way to turn this off or opt out.

silurisanguine

Update with some alternatives-

Carrd.co. Free alt with paid features.

Bento.app Currently free, integrated with bluesky

Everlink.tools Closest to Linktree, has some paid features.

Omg.lol Currently $20 a year. If paying for Linktree features this is a great upgrade.

depsidase

zmpl

it’s funny how we’re getting to the point in the AI lifespan where you can feel the desperation from tech companies to have you use their AI features. instagram has moved their AI effects to the top of the menu when you’re creating a post for your story, exactly where the draw/edit button used to be. gmail is creating one-click AI-generated replies right before you open up the text box. spotify put a beta AI playlist generator on the front page that looks just like a search bar so all of their users accidentally click on it when they go to search for a song.

tech companies are shaking in their boots trying to prove to shareholders that their investment in AI is worth it, to the point where they’re tricking their users into using the AI features even for a split second in order to fudge the numbers. like awww is your little environment-destroying toy not wielding the results you hoped for? so sad!

daysleftofsecondterm

Last night as I was drifting off to sleep, I suddenly remembered Google+

I remembered when in 2013 you were required to have a Google+ account in order to comment on youtube videos.

I remembered Google bragging how it was one of the fastest growing social media platforms, but again, this was inflated numbers because people needed to get Google+ if they wanted to access their gmail accounts (and again, youtube comments)

I remembered this very same comic:

And I remember in 2019 when Google+ finally died for good.

If we can kill Google+ by sheer apathy and continued refusal to use it, we can do the same with all these AI companies trying to force it down our throats.

Continue clicking Not Interested in the AI search prompts. Continue scrolling past AI ads without a second thought. Continue resisting AI at every turn. We defeated things like this before and we can do it again.

Hell fucking yes 👌

tanoraqui

I can’t believe the Pope is internationally geopolitically relevant again in 2026, by publicly feuding with a mad would-be king over a war in the Middle East. What the fuck year is it, 1202?