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Phill Dixon @philldixon.bsky.social

TBF similar happened in dotcom bubble but the infrastructure and rock bottom prices for otherwise expensive hardware helped actual people with a clue start useful companies rather than eyeball seekers. Here's hoping

aug 29, 2025, 8:25 pm • 1 0

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Brian Smith @theactualbrian.bsky.social

That has nothing to do with the fact that their "product" is garbage, produces garbage, and at best, it just steals and repeats.

aug 29, 2025, 11:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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Phill Dixon @philldixon.bsky.social

So was much of dotcom pure garbage

aug 30, 2025, 10:19 am • 0 0 • view
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Brian Smith @theactualbrian.bsky.social

That was original, man made garbage.

aug 30, 2025, 1:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Phill Dixon @philldixon.bsky.social

Nope there was a lot of uploading of copyright material illegally via P2P.

aug 30, 2025, 2:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Brian Smith @theactualbrian.bsky.social

And that has exactly zero to do with anything. You're desperate to make AI slop seem normal.

aug 30, 2025, 3:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Phill Dixon @philldixon.bsky.social

No I'm not I think it is absolute crap and the fact its effectively nicking other people's wrk to produce worse versions says its crap. If you read what I wrote the Dotcom blow up of crap companies paved the way for something more useful. Hopefully the AI cack will die and we can properly use

aug 30, 2025, 3:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Phill Dixon @philldixon.bsky.social

Al the infrastructure left behind when it goes. Please read

aug 30, 2025, 3:34 pm • 0 0 • view