The movement to X isn't universal, it's more of a "last resort" where a few communities flounder.
Discord is the dominant destination though.
brucethemoose
joined 6 months ago
Where’s a Johnny cab when you need it
Or a Delamain.
I would only use the open source models anyway, but it just seems rather silly from what I can tell.
I feel like the last few months have been an inflection point, at least for me. Qwen 2.5, and the new Command-R, really make a 24GB GPU feel "dumb, but smart," useful enough so I pretty much always keep Qwen 32B loaded on the desktop for its sheer utility.
It's still in the realm of enthusiast hardware (aka a used 3090), but hopefully that's about to be shaken up with bitnet and some stuff from AMD/Intel.
Altman is literally a vampire though, and thankfully I think he's going to burn OpenAI to the ground.
Discord is even worse, as you need to find an invite to a specific Discord, and sometimes go through a lengthy sign up process for each Discord.
Some won't let you sign up without a phone #.
Matrix.
And... Lemmy.
It doesn't matter though, the problem is the critical mass is migrating to Discord and shunting everything out of view. Honestly that's much worse than being on Reddit, even now.
I'm a bit salty this was apparently announced through Discord. Was it even posted anywhere else?
The future of social media is fragmented siloes, I guess.
Ideally they would subscribe and then watch a different service.
Thats so cynical and self defeating. "They'll use our competition and save us money." But you're not wrong, they could totally be thinking that rofl.
Or maybe it’s a retroactive contract negotiation tactic. Basically negotiate or you won’t get any residuals.
Very possible. I guess all that is even more behind-the-curtain than cable, as when shows disappear there is no reason given, no "protest" like some channels will do.
I feel like streaming has made all this stuff even more opaque.
But... wouldn't that "take up" the views of other shows?
In other words, the consumer has X amount of time for HBO Max, so they'd either be paying for more views on another show or a potential lost subscriber who can't find anything to watch, right?
And, with all due respect, there's no way cartoons are more expensive-per-view than other shows.
...But I believe Jaws can save the world
Israel’s “Special Military Operation”
Even Russia learned their lesson in this part of the world.
I mean, as long as the bots click on ads, everyone is happy? Riiight?
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The modern internet in a nutshell, lol.