"Guys, TikTok's predatory and socially corrosive behavior needs to be addressed, so we require a company known far and wide for their impeccable integrity and commitment to ethics. Oh, hey, I know..!"
Edit: In case any of the younger TikTok crowd doesn't know who Larry Ellison is, let me summarize it for you: Run. Run as swiftly as the wind, and don't stop to look back. Whatever you liked about TikTok? Yeah, that's over. Stop reading this and just run you fools.
Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphising Larry Ellison. You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don't anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn, you stick your hand in there and it'll chop it off, the end. You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' -- lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don't fall into that trap about Oracle.
The appeal isn’t the format of the content per se, it’s the algorithm. The way it learns exactly what will keep you swiping makes it addictively entertaining.
Why not delete it now? In fact why not block them at the network level via DNS or IP filtering too while you’re at it since their tracking scripts are all over websites and apps and don’t really care whether you have an account?
26 Comments
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 53 pts · 329d
"Guys, TikTok's predatory and socially corrosive behavior needs to be addressed, so we require a company known far and wide for their impeccable integrity and commitment to ethics. Oh, hey, I know..!"
Edit: In case any of the younger TikTok crowd doesn't know who Larry Ellison is, let me summarize it for you: Run. Run as swiftly as the wind, and don't stop to look back. Whatever you liked about TikTok? Yeah, that's over. Stop reading this and just run you fools.
Hatshepsut@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 329d
The old joke: Know what Oracle stands for? One Raging Asshole Called Larry Ellison
There is much truth in jest, as the saying goes
ErrorCode@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 329d
What is the difference between Larry Ellison and God? God doesn't want to be Larry Ellison.
Alternatively: Do you know the difference between Larry Ellison and God? Neither does Larry Ellison.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 11 pts · 329d
"What's the difference between Oracle and the Boy Scouts?"
"The Boy Scouts are led by adults"
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 329d
I remember it being Rich Asshole, but I guess either one works
ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 33 pts · 329d
We're living in an oraclarchy.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 329d
That is the messiest, least palatable mouth feel portmanteau I've ever had the displeasure of pronouncing. I will be stealing that.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 329d
I think it's run by Larvid Ellison
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 328d
Sounds like an Elden Ring boss. Larvid Ellison, the fused
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 329d
ccunning@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 329d
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
Ironfist79@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 328d
That isn't any better.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 12 pts · 329d
Time to leave TikTok. Now.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 18 pts · 329d
Way ahead of you: I never signed up for that trash
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 329d
Never understood the appeal of a constant stream of short form videos so I missed that bus as well. Don't regret it one bit.
compostgoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 328d
The appeal isn’t the format of the content per se, it’s the algorithm. The way it learns exactly what will keep you swiping makes it addictively entertaining.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 329d
Been blocking it at the router for years.
Eh_I@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 329d
That's going to be a laggy-ass algorithm. Don't try to predict more than one video at once or the whole thing will freeze up.
August27th@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 329d
And the back button will break the entire app.
Eh_I@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 328d
I love how it straight up says in the error message that you pressed a browser button.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 8 pts · 329d
wheres pj when you need to track a whole other set of oracle bullsit?
pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 329d
I will delete Tik tok once the sale happens. I encourage everyone else to do the same if you are still on it when it sells.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 15 pts · 329d
Why not delete it now? In fact why not block them at the network level via DNS or IP filtering too while you’re at it since their tracking scripts are all over websites and apps and don’t really care whether you have an account?
credo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 329d
Huh. Not palintir? Color me surprised.
thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 329d
Merger anyone?
Lenny@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 329d
https://youtu.be/hKgtRsqnloE